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That time I defended both Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr.

I'd say that by now, roughly 98.7% of the U.S. population knows I have about as much love for Donald Trump and his family as a sloth does for Usain Bolt when racing him in the 40-meter. Also, while I feel children of First Families should be generally kept out of the tabloids, since both Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. are involved in their father's presidency, I think they're fair game. Having said that, though, can we cut it out with the critiques of their photos with their children? Don't we have more substantive things for which we can go after them?

Over the past week or two, both Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have been loudly criticized on social media for posting pictures of themselves with a child of theirs. Ivanka received a great deal of heat for posting a picture of herself smiling, forehead-to-forehead, with her son while at the Jerusalem U.S. embassy opening ceremony. Donald Jr. was then criticized for posting a picture of himself smiling next to his son, holding his pre-K diploma (yes, there are such things nowadays).

While Ivanka Trump gives feminism a bad name (Bon Jovi better get to working on this track) and under the word prick in the dictionary is a picture of Donald Jr., they're both parents and deserve to be provided a little bit of flexibility in the public eye on that front. I don't care for either one of them, but when it all comes down to it, how would any of us feel to be roundly bashed after posting a picture of ourselves with one of our children? There are plenty of things we can criticize both Ivanka and Donald Jr. for, but let's leave their kids out of it.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/ivanka-trump-slammed-for-being-tone-deaf-to-humanitarian-crises-1.6120165

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/donald-trump-jr-probably-didnt-expect-backlash-posted-pre-k-graduation-photo-son-210803508.html
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