TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Like nearly every senior staffer in a White House infamous for backstabbing, Ivanka Trump spent her early months immersed in the drama of competing power centers.
She just didn’t know where the daggers were coming from.
Anecdotes quickly emerged of Ivanka pleading with her father to moderate his positions — or at least his tone — often, with little success. It took a while to determine those leaks weren’t entirely the result of her Manhattan friends casting her in the role of their liberal savior, but rather her newfound White House colleagues looking to undermine her influence, according to administration officials.
The early months of the Trump administration were fraught with internal chaos. Rival factions emerged, pitting then-chief strategist Steve Bannon and others who counted themselves as nationalists against the more global-minded wing, led by Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, and chief economic adviser Gary Cohn. Meanwhile, then-chief of staff Reince Priebus battled constant speculation about his status and lack of standing within the West Wing.”
-Sara Murray and Betsy Klein, “The education of Ivanka Trump,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Dec. 13, 2017 01:25pm