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WASHINGTON — First daughter Ivanka Trump sat down with “CBS This Morning” co-anchor Gayle King for an exclusive interview about her new White House role, how she voices disagreement with her father and living in D.C.

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Gayle King: When you spoke with 鈥�60 Minutes鈥� you said it was your intention to be a daughter, that you were not going to play a role in the administration, what changed your mind?

Ivanka Trump: When I spoke to — 鈥�60 Minutes鈥� it was — I think five or six days following the election. And– and I was processing real time the new reality and– and what it would mean 鈥� I realized that having one foot in and one foot out wouldn鈥檛 work. 鈥� And the reality is that it– it all happened very organically for me.

Gayle King: Did it?

Ivanka Trump: I had to determine that my husband and I, we both wanted to be in D.C., that it was viable to move our children, that they would be happy in the new environment. After I decided I wanted to try, I needed to divest with numerous businesses. So did my husband 鈥� And I wanted to understand where I could be an asset to the administration. About how I could help my father and, ultimately, the country.

Gayle King: What will you be doing?

Ivanka Trump: I think for me, what it means is that– I鈥檒l continue the advocacy work that I was doing in the private sector– advocating for the economic empowerment of women. I鈥檓 very focused on the role of education鈥� I鈥檓 still my father鈥檚 daughter. So to me the– this particular title was about giving critics the comfort that I鈥檓 holding myself to that highest ethical standard. But I鈥檒l weigh in with my father on the issues I feel strongly about.

Gayle King: You say that you are your father鈥檚 daughter, and we all get that. You also talk about the critics, and you have a couple that say, 鈥淲hy isn鈥檛 Ivanka speaking out? Where is she on Planned Parenthood? Where is she on gay rights? Where is she on the rights of women? Where is she on climate change?鈥� And it鈥檚, like, you鈥檙e being held personally accountable for not speaking up. What do you say to your critics?

Ivanka Trump: I would say not to conflate lack of public denouncement with silence. I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard. In some cases, it鈥檚 through protest and it鈥檚 through going on the nightly news and talking about or denouncing every issue on which you disagree with. Other times it is quietly and directly and candidly. So where I disagree with my father, he knows it. And I express myself with total candor. Where I agree, I fully lean in and support the agenda and– and hope– that I can be an asset to him and– and make a positive impact. But I respect the fact that he always listens. It鈥檚 how he was in business. It鈥檚 how he is as president.

Gayle King: How much of a learning curve is it for you, for your father, for the Trump administration?

Ivanka Trump: For me, tremendous. The issues in this country are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in my father to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.

Gayle King: On the other side, though, there are critics who are very worried and who are very afraid, who are concerned about the direction that the country鈥檚 going on. And what do you say to those people?

Ivanka Trump: We live in a very polarizing time and this–

Gayle King: Do you think your dad鈥檚 contributed to that, to the polarization–

Ivanka Trump: This predates my father, but I think the election highlighted for people just how divided this country was.

Gayle King: I鈥檝e seen many headlines that say– 鈥淚vanka and Jared are the moderating– the moderating force in the White House. They have the president鈥檚 ear.鈥� Who is it that tells him the hard truths? Is that you?

Ivanka Trump: I do. And almost everyone he surrounds him with does. 鈥� We鈥檙e in a very unique time where noise equals, in a lot of people鈥檚 perception, advocacy. And I fundamentally disagree with that. I do think there鈥檚 a time for public denouncement 鈥� I also think there鈥檚 a time for discussion. And so you asked me about– about people who criticize me for not taking to social media on every single issue, and I would ask them if that would render me more effective or less effective with the people ultimately making decisions?

Gayle King: Not even–

Ivanka Trump: So I–

Gayle King: –necessarily social media, but just speaking up about things that you–

Ivanka Trump: I do.

Gayle King: Yeah.

Ivanka Trump: I speak up frequently. And my father agrees with me on so many issues. And where he doesn鈥檛, he knows where I stand. But–

Gayle King: Can you give us–

Ivanka Trump: –it鈥檚 not my administration–

Gayle King: — an example of something that you disagree with him on and that you think that by speaking up to him it made him change his position or soften his position? Are you comfortable with that?

Ivanka Trump: I think that for me this isn鈥檛 about promoting my viewpoints. I wasn鈥檛 elected by the American people to be president. My father is gonna do a tremendous job. And I wanna help him do that. But I don鈥檛 think that it will make me a more effective advocate to constantly articulate every issue publicly where I disagree. 鈥� And that鈥檚 okay. That means that I鈥檒l take hits from some critics who say that I should take to the street. And then other people will in the long-term respect where I get to. But I think most of the impact I have, over time most people will not actually know about.

Gayle King: People are fascinated– very fascinated by you and Jared. And particularly now, fascinated by the role that Jared is playing. He seems to be doing a lot. Let鈥檚 talk about dealing with Mexico, China, running an office of innovation, brokering peace in the Middle East. He鈥檚 now in Iraq. How is he able to do all of that? And what are his qualifications? That鈥檚 the other thing people are saying. How can a person who has no military and political experience be involved on such a high level in this administration?

Ivanka Trump: So, you know, a lot of people would say the same about how could somebody successfully win the presidency who had never been engaged in politics? And my father did that, and Jared was instrumental in helping his campaign succeed. So, you know, Jared is incredibly smart, very talented, has enormous capacity. He is humble in the recognition of what he doesn鈥檛 know, and is tremendously secure in his ability to– to seek informed viewpoints. He has an amazing team that my father has built at the White House and that he鈥檚 built that鈥檚 helping work on each of these initiatives. So, you know, the myth that he鈥檚 operating in a silo is– is just that.

Gayle King: I鈥檝e read articles saying you are complicit– that Jared and Ivanka are complicit in what is happening to the White House. Can you just weigh in on how you feel about that? There鈥檝e been articles. There鈥檝e been parodies. What do you think about that– that accusation?

Ivanka Trump: If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I鈥檓 complicit. I don鈥檛 know that the critics who may say that of me, if they found themselves in this very unique and unprecedented situation that I am now in, would do any differently than I鈥檓 doing. So I hope to make a positive impact. I don鈥檛 know what it means to be– complicit– but– but, you know, I hope time will prove that I have– done a good job and much more importantly, that my father鈥檚 administration is the success that I know it will be.

Gayle King: When we talk about the Ivanka Trump brand you are no longer running the day-to-day.

Ivanka Trump: No, I鈥檓 no longer–

Gayle King: What have you done with your business?

Ivanka Trump: I have no involvement with any of that. 鈥� I felt like proximity to my father and to the White House and– with my husband taking such an influential role in the administration, I didn鈥檛 wanna also be running a business. So I put it into trust. I have independent trustees. I have no involvement in its management, in this oversight and its strategic decision making.

Gayle King: But the trustees are family members, right? Your brother-in-law and your sister-in-law?

Ivanka Trump: They are.

Gayle King: So from the–

Ivanka Trump: But they鈥檙e completely independent. And I鈥檓 transparent about that.

Gayle King: But you can you see from the public point of view, yes, you put it in trust but it鈥檚 family members. They鈥檙e thinking, 鈥淲ell, is she really not involved? Do you really not get on the phone and say, 鈥榃hat鈥檚 going on?鈥欌�� You have no involvement–

Ivanka Trump: I take–

Gayle King: –whatsoever?

Ivanka Trump: –I take a legal document very seriously and I wouldn鈥檛 go through the pains of setting this up if I intended to violate it.

Gayle King: Did you think about selling the business?

Ivanka Trump: Because the name of the business is Ivanka Trump, had I sold the business an independent third party would be able to go around the globe today licensing and leveraging the name of the 45th president of the United States of America– complete unfettered.

Gayle King: I think the big concern people– that I keep hearing out there is that the family is benefiting financially in their own personal business while your father is in the White House in all sorts of ways.

Ivanka Trump: I would argue that if I had not come to Washington, D.C. and if I was in New York growing my business I would be doing far better than by placing the restrictions that I have placed on my team, and ensuring that any growth is done with extreme caution. So just practically speaking, if my interest was making money or growing my business, I would do far better to completely disengage and do exactly that.

Ivanka Trump: I actually– I really love living in D.C. I really enjoy it here with my children, so–

Gayle King: But you鈥檙e such a New Yorker.

Ivanka Trump: I鈥檓 such a New– but that鈥檚 the great鈥�

Gayle King: You鈥檙e such a New Yorker.

Ivanka Trump: Never in my life would I have thought that I would have actually moved out of New York, not while my children were in school at least. My business was there. My life was there, so this is actually an amazing moment in time where I came to Washington and I told Jared with– with my kids, I– I wanna treat it almost like I鈥檓– I鈥檓 a visitor. Every week, I take my children to a different museum or cultural institution. We went to the Supreme Court. We鈥檝e been to five or six museums. We went to the monster truck show. So– so just having real unique experience with my children–

Gayle King: Monster truck show?

Ivanka Trump: Yeah. Not exactly a cultural experience but Joseph loved it–

Gayle King: Monster truck show?

Ivanka Trump: They don鈥檛 have them– nearby in– in New York because I鈥檝e looked for years. We went in Baltimore. But every week, I try to do something different– and– and unique and really celebrate being in a different city and– and in a different community. And it鈥檚 been great. I have a backyard with a swing set. As a New Yorker, that doesn鈥檛 happen. So it鈥檚 a small backyard, and my kids swing into the hedge, but–

Gayle King: It鈥檚 enough room for them to clear.

Ivanka Trump: It鈥檚– it鈥檚 great–

Gayle King: But you at the monster truck show.

Ivanka Trump: My son has not stopped talking about it since. He talked about it for around three weeks beforehand and– ask him about monster trucks shows. He鈥檚 actually sleeping right now, which is shocking that we made it through this interview without– one of my– my two little boys crying–

Gayle King: Can I say, it鈥檚 a very nice neighborhood you live in. Did you wanna live here because– I saw Barack and Michele Obama鈥檚 house around the corner, and Jeff and McKenzie Bezos also live in the neighborhood.

Ivanka Trump: Yes, and Secretary Tillerson lives here and Wilbur Ross. And– so we have a nice community.

Gayle King: Yeah. Yeah.

Gayle King: Should voters get their Ivanka 2024 campaign signs out?

Ivanka Trump: No.

Gayle King: The speculation has already started–

Ivanka Trump: Politics is a tough business. Politics is a tough business.