Is Ivanka Trump A Good First Daughter? Protest Erupts After Ivanka Defends Donald Trump At Women's Summit

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's oldest daughter, who was visiting Germany was heckled by a crowd Tuesday for comments made earlier in the day to defend her father's work since he took office in January. Protesters gathered outside the Deutsche Bank building where she was attending a dinner along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Ivanka was booed in Berlin after she described her father as a "tremendous champion of supporting families" and added that she was continuously making efforts to fit into her first daughter and informal White House adviser's role.

Her comments came at the women's summit organized by a group of 20 major economies in the German capital. She said that she wanted to use her influence to help empower women.

“The German audience is not that familiar with the concept of a first daughter,” the panel’s moderator, Miriam Meckel, editor in chief of the financial weekly WirtschaftsWoche, reportedly said. “I’d like to ask you, what is your role, and who are you representing, your father as president of the United States, the American people, or your business?”

Ivanka replied: “Certainly not the latter,” adding: “And I am rather unfamiliar with this role as well, as it is quite new to me.”

President Trump has been “a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive,” she said, prompting the audience to groan over her statement.

“You hear the reaction from the audience,” Meckel said. “I need to address one more point. Some attitudes toward women your father has displayed might leave one questioning whether he’s such an empowerer for women.”

According to the New York Times, the reference Meckel made was to a 2005 video that surfaced during the run up to 2016 presidential election in which Trump was heard disparaging women and bragging about sexual assault.

“I’ve certainly heard the criticism from the media, that’s been perpetuated,” Ivanka said, adding that the thousands of women who worked for her father’s businesses “are a testament to his belief and solid conviction in the potential of women and their ability to do the job as well as any man.”

Talking about her personal experience, she said that her father had raised her just the same as he did her two brothers. “He encouraged me and enabled me to thrive.”

Tuesday's dinner was also attended by the President and Chairwoman of Trump Ltd, Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller, the President of the Association of German Women Entrepreneurs, Stephanie Bschorr, and the President National Council of German Women's Organizations, Mona Kueppers.