Ivanka Trump can still drop by the Oval Office whenever she wants, despite reports that White House chief of staff John Kelly put an end to such occurrences.
The Financial Times reported Thursday that President Trump’s eldest daughter and senior White House adviser continues to maintain her privilege of dropping into the Oval Office without an appointment.
Reports last month said Kelly restricted who could visit the president without an appointment. First lady Melania Trump and 11-year-old Barron Trump were the exceptions to the rule.
Two White House officials told the New York Times that Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, also a White House adviser, submitted to Kelly’s system.
If Ivanka Trump needed to talk to her father as his daughter and not a White House staff member, Kelly would make an exception.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon had celebrated the restricted access, saying Ivanka Trump could no longer “run in and lay her head on the desk and cry.”
