Good evening. Thank you. One
year ago, I introduced my father when he declared his candidacy. In his own
way, and through his own sheer force of will, he sacrificed greatly to enter
the political arena as an outsider.
And
he prevailed against a field of 16 very talented competitors.
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For
more than a year, Donald Trump has been the people’s champion, and tonight he’s
the people’s nominee.
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Like
many of my fellow millenials, I do not consider myself categorically Republican
or Democrat. More than party affiliation, I vote based on what I believe is
right, for my family and for my country. Sometimes it’s a tough choice. That is
not the case this time. As the proud daughter of your nominee, I am here to
tell you that this is the moment and Donald Trump is the person to make America
great again.
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Real
change, the kind we have not seen in decades is only going to come from outside
the system. And it’s only going to come from a man who’s spent his entire life
doing what others said could not be done. My father is a fighter. When the
primaries got tough and they were tough, he did what any great leader does. He
dug deeper, worked harder, got better and became stronger.
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I
have seen him fight for his family. I have seen him fight for his employees. I
have seen him fight for his company. And now, I am seeing him fight for our
country. It’s been the story of his life and more recently the spirit of his
campaign. It’s also a prelude to reaching the goal that unites us all. When
this party and better still this country knows what it is like to win again.
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If
it’s possible to be famous and yet not really well known, that describes the
father who raised me. In the same office in Trump Tower, where we now work
together, I remember playing on the floor by my father’s desk, constructing
miniature buildings with Legos and Erector sets, while he did the same with
concrete steel and glass.
My
father taught my siblings and me the importance of positive values and a strong
ethical compass. He showed us how to be resilient, how to deal with challenges
and how to strive for excellence in all that we do. He taught us that there’s
nothing that we cannot accomplish, if we marry vision and passion with an
enduring work ethic.
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One
of my father’s greatest talents is the ability to see potential in people,
before they see it in themselves. It was like that for us to growing up. He
taught us that potential vanishes into nothing without effort.
And
like him, we each had a responsibility to work, not just for ourselves but for
the betterment of the world around us. Over the years, on too many occasions to
count, I saw my father tear stories out of the newspaper about people whom he
had never met, who were facing some injustice or hardship.
He’d
write a note to his assistant, in a signature black felt tip pen, and request that
the person be found and invited to Trump Tower to meet with him. He would talk
to them and then draw upon his extensive network to find them a job or get them
a break. And they would leave his office, as people so often do after having
been with Donald Trump, feeling that life could be great again.
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Throughout
my entire life, I have witnessed his empathy and generosity towards other,
especially those who are suffering. It is just his way of being in your corner
when you’re down. My father not only has the strength and ability necessary to
be our next President, but also the kindness and compassion that will enable
him to be the leader that this country needs.
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My
father has a sense of fairness that touches every conviction he’s hold. I
worked along side of him for now more than a decade now at the Trump
Organization and I’ve seen how he operates as a leader. Making important
decisions that shape careers and that change lives.
I’ve
learned a lot about the world from walking construction jobs by his side. When
run properly, construction sites are true meritocracies. Competence in the
building trades is easy to spot and incompetence is impossible to hide.
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These
sites are also incredible melting pots, gathering people from all walks of life
and uniting them to work towards a single mission. There have always been men
of all background and ethnicities on my father’s job sites. And long before it
was common place, you also saw women.
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My
father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it.
He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job,
period.
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Words
and promises, no matter visionary they sound will only get you so far. In our
business, you’re not a builder, unless you’ve got a building to show for it, or
in my father’s case, city skylines. Most people strive their entire lives to
achieve great success in a single industry.
My
father has succeeded in many on the highest level and on a global scale. One of
the reasons he has thrived as an entrepreneur is because he listens to
everyone. Billionaire executives don’t usually ask the people doing the work
for their opinion of the work. My father is an exception.
TRUMP:
On every one of his projects, you’ll see him talking to the super, the painter,
the engineers, the electricians, he’ll ask them for their feedback, if they
think something should be done differently, or could be done better. When
Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, effort and excellence.
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This
has long been the philosophy at the Trump Organization. At my father’s company,
there are more female than male executives. Women are paid equally for the work
that we do and when a woman becomes a mother, she is supported, not shut out.
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Women
represent 46 percent of the total U.S. labor force, and 40 percent of American
households have female primary breadwinners. In 2014, women made 83 cents for
every dollar made by a man. Single women without children earn 94 cents for
each dollar earned by a man, whereas married mothers made only 77 cents. As
researchers have noted, gender is no longer the factor creating the greatest
wage discrepancy in this country, motherhood is.
As
President, my father will change the labor laws that were put into place at a
time when women were not a significant portion of the workforce. And he will
focus on making quality childcare affordable and accessible for all.
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As a
mother myself, of three young children, I know how hard it is to work while
raising a family. And I also know that I’m far more fortunate than most.
American families need relief. Policies that allow women with children to
thrive should not be novelties, they should be the norm. Politicians talk about
wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout
his entire career.
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He
will fight for equal pay for equal work, and I will fight for this too, right
along side of him.
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Americans
today need an economy that permits people to rise again. A Trump Presidency
will turn the economy around and restore the great American tradition of giving
each new generation hope for brighter opportunities than those of the
generation that came before. In Donald Trump, you have a candidate who knows
the difference between wanting something done and making it happen.
When
my father says that he will build a tower, keep an eye on the skyline. Floor by
floor a soaring structure will appear, usually record setting in its height and
iconic in its design.
Real
people are hired to do real work. Vision becomes reality. When my father says
that he will make America great again, he will deliver.
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We
have a chance this year, to reclaim our heritage as a country that dreams big
and makes the impossible happen. Fortunately, Donald Trump is incapable of
thinking small. When I was a child, my father always told me, Ivanka if you’re
going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. As President, my
father will take on the bold and worthy fights. He will be unafraid to set
lofty goals and he will be relentless in his determination to achieve them.
To
people all over America, I say, when you have my father in your corner, you
will never again have to worry about being let down. He will fight for you all
the time, all the way, every time.
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Maybe
it’s the developer in him, but Donald Trump cannot stand to see empty main
streets and boarded up factories. He can’t bear the injustice of college
graduates who are crippled by student debt, and mothers who can’t afford of the
childcare required to return to work to better the lives of their families.
Other politicians see these hardships, see the unfairness of it all, and they
say I feel for you. Only my father will say, I’ll fight for you.
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The
hard working men and women of this country identify with my father. He is tough
and he is persevering. He is honest and he is real. He’s an optimist and he’s a
relentless believer in America and all of her potential. He loves his family
and he loves his country with his heart and his soul.
Politicians
ask to be judged by their promises, not their results. I ask you to judge my
father by his results. Judge his values by those he’s instilled in his children.
Judge his competency by the towers he’s built, the companies he’s founded, and
the tens of thousands of jobs he’s created.
He is
the single most qualified serve as chief executive of an $18 trillion economy.
My father will call upon the best and brightest people from all spheres of
industry and both side of the aisle. A new set of thinkers, to face our
countries existing and future problems with fresh perspective and brave new
solutions. Come January 17, all things will be possible again. We can hope and
dream and think big again. No one has more faith in the American people than my
father. He will be your greatest, your truest and your most loyal champion.
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This
is the fighter, the doer that you have chosen as your nominee, in ways no one expected,
this moment in the life of our country has defined a mission and given it to an
extraordinary man.
He is
ready to see it all the way through, to speak to every man and every woman, of
every background, in every part of this great country. To earn your trust and
to earn your vote.
He
earned that and much more from me a long time ago. I’ve loved and respected
him, my entire life. And I could not be more proud tonight, to present to you
and to all of America, my father and our next President, Donald J. Trump.
