Ivanka Trump played an essential part during her father’s first presidential term. She and Donald Trump have always gotten along well, and when he entered the White House for the first time in 2017, he did so with Ivanka by his side as she began working as a consultant.

Ivanka’s time at the White House was a mix of good and bad. At one point, she was reportedly trying to force her way into a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. After leaving the White House, Ivanka decided that enough was enough and that her time in politics was over. Then a new book revealed that Donald Trump once tried to get her help on a political issue—but she refused.

Suffice to say that Ivanka played a massive part in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, serving as a consultant to her father. She joined him on the campaign trail and made several crucial speeches at events, including at the Republican National Convention in 2016. Understandably, it was a tough keeping all these things going simultaneously.

“My life is chaotic right now,” Ivanka told People Magazine in 2020. “I’m exhausted 90 percent of the time … Being a mother is the most rewarding experience, but also the most wild and stressful.”

After Donald’s success, Ivanka landed a part in her father’s administration right away, alongside her husband, Jared Kushner, and brothers, Eric Trump and Donald Jr. She worked as an advisor focusing on “the education and economic empowerment of women and their families as well as job creation and economic growth through workforce development, skills training, and entrepreneurship.”

Even though the job required hours and hours of work, Trump hired his family members as unpaid White House advisors. While Ivanka’s time at the White House was enlightening and undoubtedly offered her unique experiences, it also marked the beginning of a few problems.

Ivanka Trump at the White House

Ivanka herself was criticized by people who thought she should have used her influence to stop Donald Trump from implementing several policies. Some of those people, previously good friends, wanted nothing to do with her as things progressed.

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton, was often seen with Ivanka at different events with Ivanka and her socialite friends. However, after the Trump administration assumed its position in the White House, Chelsea hasn’t spoken to Ivanka, who was once a registered Democrat.

In 2018, Clinton, speaking with Stephen Colbert, explained: “I have not spoken to her in a long time. It’s clear that she has supported policies and decisions that I don’t agree with. I’ve been very vocal about my opposition to President Trump.”

She added: “I think anyone who works for the president certainly should expect to be scrutinized for not only whatever decisions she or he is making, but also for whatever decisions the White House is making on any given day.”

Chelsea Clinton told Watch What Happens Now in 2020 how she really felt. She said, “I have not spoken to her since 2016 and I have no interest in being friends with [her]. We were in touch at the beginning of the [2016] campaign but it’s just really hard when there’s someone who’s actively embracing their candidate — whether it’s their father or not … I don’t want to be friends with someone like that,” Clinton added.

Losing some of her close acquaintances was understandably tough for Trump’s oldest daughter. In November of last year, the New York Post reported that Ivanka was disappointed that her friends “turned their back on her” during her tenure at the White House in her father’s administration.

“Ivanka hated all the criticism and the threats and was unhappy about how a lot of their friends turned their back on them,” an unnamed source said. “She feels it’s bad for her family … and negative in general in her circle of friends. She wants as normal a life as she can arrange for her and her family.”

Stores wouldn’t sell her clothes

But it appears losing friends wasn’t the only setback for Ivanka during her time in the White House. In 2017, several retailers, including Neiman Marcus, Burlington, and Nordstrom, dropped Ivanka’s clothing brands. She launched a clothing line focusing on affordable women’s office wear in 2011, but when her father became president, the stores decided to punish her.

Later, in 2017, Ivanka decided to shut down her fashion company entirely. After her tenure at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, former press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed some quite unflattering stuff about her.

Grisham was the White House press secretary for nine months before being transferred to First Lady Melania Trump’s office. She also served as the White House communications director.