Post by Shadow broker on Aug 19, 2015 12:57:21 GMT
Washington (CNN)It's an unlikely friendship: Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton.
Their parents, both frontrunners for their respective party's presidential nomination, spend a lot of time on the campaign trail slinging insults at each other.
"I think the guy went way overboard -- offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective," Hillary Clinton has said of Donald Trump.
The criticism flows equally from Trump.
"She is the worst secretary of state in history," Trump has said of Clinton.
But for the next generation of Trumps and Clintons, things are a little different.
Ivanka and Chelsea have developed a close, private friendship over the years -- a relationship that will likely be tested as their parents make their way through the primary season and into even hotter waters if they face off against each other in the general election.
The two women are both in their thirties -- Clinton, 35, and Trump, 33. They are both new moms and live in Manhattan.
But beyond surface level similarities, their connection likely goes deeper, steeped in the commonalities of their unconventional upbringings. Chelsea grew up in the most famous of houses, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as the nation's first daughter; Ivanka grew up among New York's elite, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy real estate mogul.
Their career paths, although vastly different in direction, also have echoes of familiarity.
They each have a big role in their respective family businesses, though they each have also worked on their own separate projects and jobs over the years. Ivanka has appeared on NBC's "The Apprentice" and is also a top executive at the Trump Organization. Similarly, after a stint as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., Chelsea now has prominent role at the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative.
But it may be their choice in a spouse that has linked the two most powerfully.
"They have been out together, they have been on a double-date with their husbands," Emily Heil, co-author of The Washington Post's Reliable Source column said. "There's so much that they understand about each other. If there's anyone who understands what Chelsea Clinton has been through it is Ivanka Trump."
Both women also married men of the Jewish faith, with Ivanka converting to Judaism.
On social media they both seem to be president of the other's fan club -- tweeting at each other and posting praise on Facebook.
Earlier this year, Ivanka tweeted a quote of Chelsea Clinton, adding the hashtag "wise words."
Political odd couple: Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton - CNNPolitics.com
www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/chelsea-clinton-ivanka-trump-2016/index.html
Their parents, both frontrunners for their respective party's presidential nomination, spend a lot of time on the campaign trail slinging insults at each other.
"I think the guy went way overboard -- offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective," Hillary Clinton has said of Donald Trump.
The criticism flows equally from Trump.
"She is the worst secretary of state in history," Trump has said of Clinton.
But for the next generation of Trumps and Clintons, things are a little different.
Ivanka and Chelsea have developed a close, private friendship over the years -- a relationship that will likely be tested as their parents make their way through the primary season and into even hotter waters if they face off against each other in the general election.
The two women are both in their thirties -- Clinton, 35, and Trump, 33. They are both new moms and live in Manhattan.
But beyond surface level similarities, their connection likely goes deeper, steeped in the commonalities of their unconventional upbringings. Chelsea grew up in the most famous of houses, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as the nation's first daughter; Ivanka grew up among New York's elite, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy real estate mogul.
Their career paths, although vastly different in direction, also have echoes of familiarity.
They each have a big role in their respective family businesses, though they each have also worked on their own separate projects and jobs over the years. Ivanka has appeared on NBC's "The Apprentice" and is also a top executive at the Trump Organization. Similarly, after a stint as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., Chelsea now has prominent role at the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative.
But it may be their choice in a spouse that has linked the two most powerfully.
"They have been out together, they have been on a double-date with their husbands," Emily Heil, co-author of The Washington Post's Reliable Source column said. "There's so much that they understand about each other. If there's anyone who understands what Chelsea Clinton has been through it is Ivanka Trump."
Both women also married men of the Jewish faith, with Ivanka converting to Judaism.
On social media they both seem to be president of the other's fan club -- tweeting at each other and posting praise on Facebook.
Earlier this year, Ivanka tweeted a quote of Chelsea Clinton, adding the hashtag "wise words."
Political odd couple: Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton - CNNPolitics.com
www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/chelsea-clinton-ivanka-trump-2016/index.html