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Chelsea and Ivanka Are Trading Places

The fashion-peddling first daughter is getting an office in the West Wing, while the wonky former first daughter will accept an award from <em>Variety</em>.
Source: Evan Agostini / Invision / AP

Be honest: Six months ago, if someone had told you that Ivanka Trump, fashion-peddling, glamour-gal scion of the Trump real-estate and branding dynasty, would be moving into her own West Wing Office, getting special security clearance which will allow her to view classified info, trying on the role of policy maven, and even receiving her own “government-issued devices,” you’d have thought they were bonkers, or baked, or both.

Now consider that, on Monday, magazine announced that Chelsea Clinton—the of the Clinton political dynasty—has been chosen as one of its Lifetime Impact Honorees for her humanitarian work. Clinton will be feted at a gala luncheon in Manhattan next month, along with actors Blake Lively, Jessica Chastain, and Audra McDonald, the morning show host and Oprah BFF Gayle King, and the media executive Shari Redstone. The six women will grace the cover of the next issue of , which hits newsstands in mid-April.

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