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Ivanka Trump, who 'tries to stay out of politics,' sat in for her dad at a G20 session

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Chloe Bryan

on July 8, 2017

Ivanka Trump, who 'tries to stay out of politics,' sat in for her dad at a G20 session

The daughter of the US President, Ivanka Trump (2nd L), talks with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde (2nd R), the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria (R) and Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres (L) during the panel discussion "Launch Event Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative" on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. Leaders of the world's top economies gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Patrik STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) Credit: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images

It's fairly common practice for government ministers to briefly sub in for world leaders at summits like G20. What's less common -- and more controversial -- is for the unqualified children of world leaders to take their parents' seats.

Anyway, guess what happened! Ivanka Trump, who, as you'll recall, "tries to stay out of politics," did exactly the opposite at a G20 session on Saturday.

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Ivanka, who technically serves as an unpaid adviser to the president, didn't speak during her stint in the room. Still, a lot of people weren't particularly pleased by her presence. The move certainly raises a lot of questions, like 1) How is she qualified to confer with world leaders? and 2) Who thought this would be a good idea?