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Ivanka Trump's presidential dreams revealed

Excerpts from an explosive tell-all book about Donald Trump’s road to the presidency have hit the Internet, and their claims are enough to make any political-watcher’s head spin.

Apart from alleging behind-the-scenes chaos in the White House and saying that Melania cried out of despair on election night, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by political writer Michael Wolff, also claims that the country’s first daughter Ivanka Trump, plans to be the first female president.

The author notes that unlike other members of the Trump family, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner played integral parts in both the Trump election campaign, and his first year in office.

A new book claims Ivanka dreams of becoming a US president herself. Photo: Getty
A new book claims Ivanka dreams of becoming a US president herself. Photo: Getty

He goes on to speculate that they were willing to do this to further Ivanka’s chances of one day running for the presidency herself.

“Balancing risk against reward, both Jared and Ivanka decided to accept roles in the West Wing over the advice of almost everyone they knew,” wrote Wolff.

“It was a joint decision by the couple, and, in some sense, a joint job. Between themselves, the two had made an earnest deal: If sometime in the future the opportunity arose, she’d be the one to run for president.

The first daughter has played an active role in Trump's first year in office. Photo: Getty
The first daughter has played an active role in Trump's first year in office. Photo: Getty

“The first woman president, Ivanka entertained, would not be Hillary Clinton; it would be Ivanka Trump.”

The book, which is due to hit stores this weekend, is based on more than 200 interviews done over an 18-month period, from Election Day 2016 to October 2017, with White House senior staff members who allowed Wolff to assume “something like a semi-permanent seat on a couch in the West Wing — an idea encouraged by the president himself.”

Wolff also paints a picture of Election Day where the president is shell-shocked and “looked as if he had seen a ghost,” while “Melania was in tears — and not of joy.”

The book also claims Melania was devastated that her husband won the election. Photo: Getty
The book also claims Melania was devastated that her husband won the election. Photo: Getty

Trump’s lawyers have been trying to block the release of the book and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has slammed its contents.

She said the book is “filled with false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House.”

“This book is mistake after mistake after mistake.”

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