Ivana Trump, Ex-Wife of Donald Trump, Says She’s Been Advising Presidential Candidate During Campaign

Ivana Trump, Ex-Wife of Donald Trump, Says She’s Been Advising Presidential Candidate During Campaign
Former President Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana, pose aboard a new luxury yacht on East River in New York City, Monday, July 4, 1988. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
Epoch Newsroom
4/4/2016
Updated:
4/4/2016

Donald Trump’s ex-wife says she’s been advising Trump during his bid for president.

The 69-year-old and Ivana Trump, 67, split in 1991 after Trump allegedly cheated on her.

But Ivana Trump says she and her ex-husband have come together and she is now advising him during the campaign. 

“I suggest a few things,” she told the New York Post. “We speak before and after the appearances and he asks me what I thought.”

Ivana Trump attends Angel Ball 2015 hosted by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on October 19, 2015 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation)
Ivana Trump attends Angel Ball 2015 hosted by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on October 19, 2015 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves a campaign stop at Memorial High School on April 2, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the state's primary on April 5. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves a campaign stop at Memorial High School on April 2, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the state's primary on April 5. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

She added that she tells him to “be more calm” and adds that she gave Donald the motto: “You think it, I say it.”

“But Donald cannot be calm,” she admits. “He’s very outspoken. He just says it as it is.”

That, however, is why Ivana thinks Donald Trump would be a great president. 

“He’s no politician. He’s a businessman. He knows how to talk. He can give an hour speech without notes ... He’s blunt.” She added that Donald would surround himself with “fantastic advisers, like Carl Icahn. Really brilliant minds. And he'd make a decision! Obama cannot make a decision if his life depends on it. It’s ridiculous.”