Trump spars with Chelsea Clinton over Ivanka's G20 seat
US President Donald Trump and former
first daughter Chelsea Clinton have sparred over his decision to seat
his daughter at a summit of world leaders.
Mr Trump tweeted that his decision to allow his daughter to take his seat at the meeting in Hamburg was "very standard".
He also said the media would have cheered "CHELSEA FOR PRES!" if Hillary Clinton had made the same choice.
Chelsea Clinton tweeted back that her parents would never have done so.
Ivanka Trump was criticised online after taking her father's seat
between the British prime minister and the Chinese president at the G20
summit in Germany on Saturday as her father sat for a one-on-one
meeting with the Indonesian president.
The US president tweeted on Monday morning: "I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very standard.
"Angela M agrees!" he added, referring to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
In
a follow-up tweet he wrote: "If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the
seat for her mother, as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News
would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!"
Chelsea Clinton, who was 12-years-old when her father Bill Clinton
was sworn in as US president, responded to say: "Good morning Mr
President.
"It would never have occurred to my mother or my father to ask me. Were you giving our country away? Hoping not."
Last month Mr Trump sent out a series of tweets accusing the Clinton family of having inappropriate ties with Russia.
Days later Chelsea Clinton, 37, accused White House chief strategist Steve Bannon of "fat-shaming" press secretary Sean Spicer.
She and Mr Trump's first daughter, Ivanka, have said they are "very good friends" despite their family's political rivalry.
BBC
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