She is smart where her dad is challenged; charming where he is a boor; humane where he is heartless. It is a bit like having a Democratic advisor by proxy when Ivanka gets to have a say, or at least there’s a White House where someone isn’t another “yes man” massaging the gigantic Trump ego and nursing his insecurities.

So Ivanka is “a good thing”. Maybe she’ll get him to ease up on the Mexican wall, protectionism and climate change. Maybe.