Apparently, Ivanka Trump was a very different person in the ’90s than she is now. In her mother Ivana Trump’s new book Raising Trump, Ivanka did some writing as well, and she used some of that real estate to talk about the “punk phase” she went through as a teenager.
“During my punk phase in the nineties, I was really into Nirvana,” she wrote. “My wardrobe consisted of ripped corduroy jeans and flannel shirts.” She goes on to say that she even dyed her hair blue once, and that after Kurt Kobain died, she spent “twenty-four hours […] crying inconsolably in my room, alone.”
Trump seems to believe what she’s saying, but a ton of Twitter users don’t seem to, and they really went in on the First Daughter. “Watching a Lollapalooza concert from a press box doesn’t count,” one user wrote. “Her punk phase involved heavy eyeliner, ‘Complicated’ by Avril Lavigne and trying to ride a skateboard once while being trailed by a chauffeur,” said another. A third chimed in, “No it’s true, she once totally wore plaid to the Met Gala.”
Twitter was full of reactions like these, because Ivanka is so far from the original ideals of punk, that her statement is very laughable. Check out some of the best ones below.
She once went all the way downtown to the John Varvatos store where CBGB used to be. https://t.co/AFqPELcyTL
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) October 17, 2017
Lol…@IvankaTrump’s “punk phase” was downloading a Blink 182 song when she was mad at daddy for not getting her a Beamer for her sweet 16.
— Mike Moroski (@mike_moroski) October 17, 2017
Her punk phase involved heavy eyeliner, "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne & trying to ride a skateboard once while being trailed by chauffeur
— Candace Manriquez Wrenn (@CandaceMQZ) October 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/stereofiasco/status/920373400782163969
https://twitter.com/jrivera64/status/920363063835901953
https://twitter.com/OonaCassidy/status/920362530362368000
https://twitter.com/N7IRL/status/920370738258833408
Ivanka thinks because she listened to the Sex Pistols once she had a punk phase. No.
— Netanel Worthy – נתנאל וורתי (@NetanelWorthy) October 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/vegaslamb/status/920368373652848640
https://twitter.com/gigioffdahook/status/920372063218499584
https://twitter.com/KilohanaKona/status/920372931623976960
That’s a typo right? They meant “junk” and she’s referring to her current phase.
— Andrea McTweets (@AndreaMcTweets) October 17, 2017