“Ivanka Trump Was My Best Friend. Now She’s MAGA Royalty”

[Plus: Bland Ambition]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks November 17, 2020 [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Suit, Coat, Overcoat, Human, Person, Tuxedo, Jacket, Blazer, Tie, and Accessories]( [Behold the Many Ways Trump Plans to F--k Over the U.S. in the Next Nine Weeks]( [Polar bear genocide, COVID-19 chaos—there’s still time to do a significant amount of damage, and Trump plans to.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [The Trump Era Is Ending, But Randy Rainbow Is Just Getting Started]( [The creator of Broadway parodies like “If Donald Got Fired” and “Giuliani (Here He Goes Again)” says he’s in no danger of running out of material—though he wouldn’t mind a quiet Biden administration.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Face, Barack Obama, Audience, Crowd, Home Decor, and Laughing]( [Obama: Misinformation Might Just Kill Off Democracy]( [Though Facebook helped propel his 2008 candidacy, Obama seems less likely to friend Mark Zuckerberg these days. Social media, he says, “has turbocharged” the spread of lies—and government and tech companies have to find a way to address the crisis.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Ivanka Trump Was My Best Friend. Now She’s MAGA Royalty]( [We met at an all-girls school on the Upper East Side and were inseparable for more than a decade. Gradually, though, our differences divided us—“Why would you tell me to read a book about fucking poor people?” she once asked—and I watched her blow up her carefully curated image of refined privilege to embrace her father wholesale.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham Look Toward the Future]( [Black Futures, a new cross-disciplinary collection, explores Black identity through art, texts, and bridged connections.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Princess Diana’s Biographer Adored The Crown’s Depiction of Her]( [Andrew Morton, who worked with the late Princess Diana on the 1992 bombshell biography Diana, Her True Story, calls Emma Corrin’s performance “far and away the most accomplished and realistic portrayal of Diana I have seen.”]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [From the Archive: Bland Ambition]( [For Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, it was an irresistible opportunity: move to Washington, take a deep dive into policy, and wield enormous power from the West Wing. What they didn’t know was how much they didn’t know. Tracking the misadventures of the president’s daughter and her husband—“untouchable” yet ultimately ineffectual—Sarah Ellison asks how much their hubris is going to cost them.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.