Samantha Bee Mocks Ivanka Trump’s New Book ‘Women Who Work’ Due To Lack Of Originality

Samantha Bee is not impressed with Ivanka Trump’s new book, “Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules For Success.”

The TV personality criticized the first daughter’s work harshly, saying that she believes Trump only took other people’s ideas as her own. “‘Women Who Work’ contains more fonts than original thoughts,” Bee said on the Wednesday episode of her show, “Full Frontal,” as quoted by CNN. “True to her family’s branding empire, Ivanka wrote this book largely by taking other people’s work and stamping her name on it. . . . It’s like Ivanka forgot she had a book assignment, remembered on the last day, ran to the Hudson Books, ripped out random pages, then vision-boarded them together over the contents of her wastebasket to create ‘Women Who Work.’”

Bee went on to explain the numerous inspirational quotes that Trump used in the book, which includes statements from Maya Angelou and Nelson Mandela. She also pointed out Trump’s mistake of crediting a quote to actor Dave Willis when it was actuallt from a pastor of the same name.

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Bee added that Trump is not relatable to an average working mom. “If you were raised working poor like me, this book will inspire you,” she said. “Specifically, it will inspire you to challenge the next rich woman you see to a broken beer-bottle fight.”

Aside from commentators like Bee, Trump’s book has also faced intense backlash from the public since its released on May 2, ABC News reported. The outlet pointed out that it contains hundreds of quotes, including those from Oprah Winfrey and Ghandi, and her personal rules for balancing work and family. However, many were not convinced of its integrity. In fact, some commented that she was just extending the Trump brand.

“Grab-bag of generic work-life advice for upper-middle-class white women,” Emily Peck said of Trump’s new book. “Perhaps more remarkable, is Trump’s inability to truly recognize how her own privileged upbringing was key to her success.”

Meanwhile, Girls Who Code founder and chief executive Reshma Saujani did not like Trump’s usage of her words in her book. “@ivankatrump don't use my story in #WomenWhoWork unless you are going to stop being #complicit #askivanka,” she posted on her Twitter on Wednesday, May 3, a day after the book was released.

Trump’s “Women Who Work” debuted at the no. 4 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list of advice, how-to and miscellaneous books, CNN reported.

Meanwhile, ABC News political commentator Cokie Roberts, who has written a number of books about the role of women in the development of the United States, was not surprised about the backlash and attributed the heightened scrutiny to her father’s role. “Ivanka Trump is obviously going to be criticized because of her father and that’s going to happen to her throughout his presidency,” Roberts said. “I suspect that the same book would have done just fine if he were not president.”

Trump reportedly opted not to promote her book, citing ethics concerns. However, she publicized the book on her social media, along with her family members.

The proceeds of Trump’s book sales will be donated to charity. In her announcement earlier, she named two charities that will receive the proceeds: the Girls & Boys Clubs of America and the National Urban League.