Amid groans from the crowd in response to her standing up for him, the president's adviser simply brushed it off, adding, "I can speak on a very personal level knowing that he encouraged me and enabled me to thrive".
"Certainly not the latter", Trump replied, quickly.
Ivanka Trump was participating in a panel discussion on women's empowerment and entrepreneurship at the W-20, a summit of G-20 countries aimed at promoting women's workforce participation and equality.
"You hear the reaction from the audience", Miriam Meckel, editor-in-chief of WirtschaftsWoche, a German business magazine, said. "It has been a little under 100 days and it has just been a remarkable and incredible journey", Ivanka said.
"Politics is politics, as I'm learning, and there are many different viewpoints and people with different options and perspectives", she said.
Talking later to a small group of reporters, Ms Trump said she was unfazed by Ms Meckel's direct questions in a public forum.
"I certainly heard the criticism from the media, and that's been perpetuated", Ivanka Trump said. The panel was discussing paid leave when Ivanka said "I'm very proud of my father's advocacy, long before he came into the presidency, he championed this in the primaries".
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Ivanka was invited to appear at the event by Chancellor Merkel when she was in the United States recently to meet with Donald Trump.
Merkel invited Trump to the G20-linked event during her visit with President Trump last month in Washington, D.C.
She was one of eight participants, including Merkel, Queen Mxima of the Netherlands and International Monetary Fund director Christine Lagarde.
President Trump tweeted that article Tuesday, adding: "Proud of @IvankaTrump for her leadership on these important issues". The 35-year-old declared, "The thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for decades are a testament to his belief and solid conviction in the potential of women". "He's been a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive".
President Trump has made headlines for his sexist attitudes towards women, including comments caught on tape where he spoke about "grabbing them by the p*ssy".
The moderator jumped in to point out the reaction, and to ask if the president was an "empowerer of women" despite his gross comments and actions in the past.
Trump stepped away from running her fashion brand to take a role as an unpaid White House adviser in her father's administration.
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