Donald Trump mistakenly identified Ivanka from Brighton, UK as his daughter on Twitter on Monday
President-elect Donald Trump mistook a woman named Ivanka from UK's Brighton as his daughter on Twitter, sending the social media platform into frenzy. On Monday night, Donald Trump took to Twitter to take a swipe at CNN ahead of the channel's profile of his daughter Ivanka, Mirror.co.uk reported.
"Considering it is CNN, can't imagine it will be great!" he wrote sarcastically.He then retweeted some praise for Ivanka from a follower who said: "Ivanka Trump is great, a woman with real character and class."But the follower had inadvertently tagged the profile of a woman called Ivanka from Brighton instead of Trump's daughter.
Ivanka Majic appears to work for Brighton and Hove Council in Adult Social Care, Mirror.co.uk reported.
Donald Trump's message has been retweeted almost 4,000 times and has not been corrected or removed.
Ivanka Trump, poised to become the first daughter of the United States soon, played a key role in her father's campaign trail. The American businesswoman and former model is married to millionaire American real estate developer, Jared Kushner, who is set to become senior advisor to his father-in-law Donald Trump.
Ivanka Trump recently announced stepping down from the position of Executive Vice President from Trump Organisation, as well as her resignation from her own label of clothes and jewellery. These reports emerged hours after the President-elect announced that Jared Kushner would take on the important job of senior advisor to the incoming Republican President.
Despite having a federal nepotism law in place since the reign of John F. Kennedy that prohibits presidents from hiring any relative, Ivanka Trump's husband is all set to become her father's advisor.
From attending Donald Trump's transition meetings with high profile personalities like the Japanese prime minister and technology leaders, Ivanka Trump has recently made clear that she wants to be involved in policy-making for women and girls.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)