Spicer: Ivanka’s Role in the W.H. Is To Be ‘Helpful’ on Issues She’s Passionate About

REPORTER: “Ivanka Trump was in the White House for a meeting on human trafficking. She had this meeting on CEOs. We saw her in a smaller session here at the White House. What exactly is her role here?
SPICER: “I think her role is to be helpful and provide input on a variety of areas that she has deep passion and concerns about, especially in the area of women in the work force and empowering women. She is someone who has a lot of expertise and wants to offer that, especially in the area of trying to help women. She understands that first hand. And I think because of the success that she’s had, her goal is to figure out any understanding she has as a business woman to use her expertise and understanding to empower and help women have the same kind of opportunity and success that she’s had.”
REPORTER: “So it’s not a formal role?”
SPICER: “No, nothing more than what you’ve seen now. Last night the meeting she had in Baltimore is one that she had done on her own. There’s areas that she’s cared very passionately about before her time in the White House or before her father coming to the White House, rather. And now that her father is in the White House she continues to seek a platform that helps empower and lift up women and give them opportunities and think of ways that they can be —“