Ivanka Trump made a secret trip to Maui a few weeks ago to distribute meals and critical supplies to residents still recuperating from the devasting wildfires.
The former first daughter joined CityServe International on a humanitarian mission where they distributed 250,000 prepackaged meals for displaced families affected by the biggest wildfire in US history.
They visited a Lahaina church that’s acting as a food pantry and met with residents who are working to rebuild their lives.
Dressed in a blank tank top and green cargo pants, Trump sported a name tag that read ‘Iva’ as she distributed fresh produce locally grown in Maui.
During her visit, Ivanka Trump hands out fresh vegetables, delivers prepackaged supplies and poses for photographs.
CityServe said in a statement that her humble presence lifted spirits and reminded the people of Lahaina that they’re not forgotten.
CityServe said that amidst the tears being shed, there were tangible signs of hope and love, and with the arrival of meals and supplies, their partners and team alongside Ivanka Trump were hefting boxes of supplies, consoling survivors, and passing out meals to those who’d lost everything.
There are about 6,000 displaced residents staying in Maui hotels, while another 1,100 are in Airbnb rentals.
CityServe said that Ivanka Trump and the group distributed food, water, local produce, gift cards and other needed supplies to displaced families and individuals staying at hotels, local distribution centres and pantries near Lahaina.
The group was also providing gas cards and air filters to residents, who were being urged not to drink the water and stay away from fire-damaged areas.
According to CityServe, Trump also used her connections to get other companies to donate goods to those in Maui.
Next week, a 747 loaded with $1 million worth of supplies will head toward Maui with e-bikes, electric scooters, electronics, toys, dry foods, small appliances, ukuleles, and several pallets of Jockey clothing, all because of Ivanka’s connections, the group said.
The wildfires are under control across the island but damage remains in the 2,170 acres burned. The death toll stands at 97 and 66 people remain missing.
The burn area of Maui remains restricted to authorised personnel as officials clean up the potentially dangerous ash and other debris. There are an estimated 2,200 damaged or destroyed structures.
The cleanup could take months. The early cost estimation is $5.5 billion.
Ivanka Trump not only helps these people but she also does it with a smile on her face. However, it does make me wonder if she does this good deed out of the kindness of her heart, or does she get paid for doing it?
This was supposed to be a secret trip to Maui, yet she ended up on the front page of a newspaper outlet, but then these things do tend to get leaked to the media, and given that she didn’t give her full name, but rather a nickname suggests that she was there to help, and not there to film footage for a self-promotional mockumentary.
Unfortunately, there are some extremely judgemental people out there. Someone does something good for a change and people get all angry about it, and let’s face it, she’d done more than most of us have.
However, Ivanka Trump has lived a charmed life. She hung about with an ambitious cohort of young girls, most of whom lived in grand townhouses or duplexes.
She wasn’t like most girls and if she wanted to go out it was always under the supervision of her father’s security team, borrowing his father’s credit card to go shopping.
Ivanka spent her career creating and exemplifying a more polished and intellectual offshoot of the Trump trademark. She was more sophisticated, and not as grandiloquent or nouveau riche as her father had perfected, and Ivanka was courteous, classy, and fun to be around when she was in the public eye.
However, in private, the harsher, more Trumpian edges sometimes poked out.
She never wore a Halloween ensemble that wasn’t flattering, which meant that she usually showed up at costume parties looking gorgeous and uninteresting. She always stopped at McDonald’s for cheeseburgers, and she swore, and of course, she had the Trump radar for status, money, power and her father’s instinct to throw others under the bus to protect herself.
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