Coffee with Ivanka Will Cost you $77, 000-Any Deplorable Takers?
On the auction site Charitybuzz, you could bid $3,500 to have tea with Sarah Ferguson, the duchess of York.
If you plunk down $5,000, you might be the top bidder for lunch with actress Julianna Margulies of The Good Wife.
Coffee with one Ivanka Trump, on the other hand, will cost you $77,888 — at least.
The auction for coffee with President-elect Donald Trump's oldest daughter is a fundraiser for the Eric Trump Foundation, which says the proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
The New York Times has reported on the auctionand raised questions about the ethical implications of selling off face time with the future first family — especially given Ivanka Trump's perceived influence over her father.
The Times spoke with one of the bidders in the auction, investment manager Ozan Ozkural. He told the newspaper he wanted coffee with Ivanka in order to learn about what the president-elect might do in the future — especially in countries where Ozkural invests.
The Times reports:
Eric Trump told the Times that his foundation auctions off a meal with one of the Trump family members every year, and that it's "nothing more than an effort to raise a lot of money" to help children.
As NPR has reported, observers and analysts have repeatedly raised concerns about possible conflicts of interest related to the influence President-elect Trump's children might have in his administration — especially given his stated plans to leave his companies under family control, rather than putting them in a blind trust.
Ivanka has been seen as playing a particularly key, and controversial, role as Donald Trump transitions to the White House.
NPR's Jessica Taylor reported on one eyebrow-raising moment last month:
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