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Robin Abcarian: Ivanka Trump wanted to be at the center of it all. And now, boo-hoo, she is

The fate of the Capitol on the day of the insurrection, some White House insiders believed, rested on the slender shoulders of Ivanka Trump. As President Donald Trump watched the mayhem unfold on Jan. 6, 2021, unwilling to intervene, it became clear to those around him that there was only one person on Earth who could get him to call off the dogs: his elder daughter. One can only wonder what ...

The fate of the Capitol on the day of the insurrection, some White House insiders believed, rested on the slender shoulders of Ivanka Trump.

As President Donald Trump watched the mayhem unfold on Jan. 6, 2021, unwilling to intervene, it became clear to those around him that there was only one person on Earth who could get him to call off the dogs: his elder daughter.

One can only wonder what might have happened if she hadn’t interceded.

After all, it took him several hours to ask the rioters to knock it off. And even then, he

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