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What specific comments has Donald Trump made about his daughter Ivanka that were described as sexual or inappropriate?
Executive summary
Reporting and contemporaneous recordings document multiple occasions when Donald Trump made sexualized comments about his daughter Ivanka, including remarks about her physique, breasts and “what it might be like to have sex with her,” and quips such as “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her” (examples documented in Howard Stern and The View appearances) [1] [2] [3]. Allegations that he repeatedly spoke lewdly about Ivanka while president come from former aides and a recent book by Miles Taylor, which recounts staffers saying he commented on “breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her,” prompting John Kelly to rebuke him [4] [2] [3].
1. Public broadcast comments: Howard Stern and The View — recorded, quoted, repeatable
Donald Trump’s more explicit, on-the-record comments about Ivanka appear on long-archived interviews, notably with Howard Stern and on The View. CNN’s review of Stern audio notes Trump’s discussions about Ivanka’s physique, including commenting on the size of her breasts and calling her a “piece of ass” in a 2004/2006 context, and documents the oft-cited line, “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her,” from The View [1] [5] [2]. These are publicly verifiable audio and television appearances, and major outlets have reported and excerpted them [1] [5].
2. Accounts from aides and a book: alleged White House comments about sex with his daughter
Several former administration officials, summarized in a book by Miles Taylor, allege that while president Trump made lewd comments to staff about Ivanka’s body and even speculated about having sex with her; the book claims staffers said he spoke about “breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her,” and that John Kelly told him Ivanka was his daughter [4] [3] [2]. Newsweek, The Seattle Times and People reported those same passages from Taylor’s book, presenting the allegations as claims by aides rather than independently recorded quotes [4] [3] [2].
3. Media roundups and timelines: numerous decades-long examples
Multiple outlets have compiled chronologies of Trump remarks about Ivanka stretching back to the 1990s — anecdotes include him asking an audience if his then-teenage daughter was “hot” during a pageant, repeated references to her being “voluptuous,” and recurring commentary on her modeling career and body shape [6] [7] [8]. These compilations draw on interviews, TV appearances and firsthand recollections reported over many years; they are interpretive but based on published quotes and archival material [6] [7].
4. Disputed or unverified quotes: caution on attributions
Some widely circulated lines attributed to Trump — for example, an oft-seen claim that he once asked whether it’s wrong to be “more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife” — have been investigated and found not solidly sourced or are labeled unsupported in followup fact-checks [9]. Reuters also flagged manipulated imagery and misleading context in instances alleging physical intimacy in photos or videos, underscoring that some viral representations are altered or out of context [10]. Readers should distinguish between recorded, verifiable comments, contemporaneous anecdotes reported by witnesses, and claims that lack corroboration [1] [9] [10].
5. How outlets present the evidence: quotes versus reported recollections
Major outlets differ in how they frame the material: CNN and recordings provide direct audio-based examples (e.g., Stern appearances) [1]; People, Newsweek and The Seattle Times reported allegations from Miles Taylor’s book as staff recollections of private White House remarks [2] [3] [4]. Opinion and commentary pieces (e.g., The Guardian, The Nation) interpret and editorialize these examples, sometimes stressing the moral and workplace implications; those pieces are not primary sourcing of specific quotes [11] [12].
6. What the sources do and do not establish — limitations
Recordings establish that Trump made sexualized comments about Ivanka in broadcast interviews (Howard Stern, The View) and these are documented in news reporting [1] [2]. Allegations about repeated, private White House remarks come mainly from former aides’ recollections as presented in Miles Taylor’s book and related reporting; they are not accompanied in these sources by contemporaneous audio or videotape of those private comments [4] [3] [2]. Sources do not provide a single, independently verified catalogue of every private lewd comment alleged; not found in current reporting is audio or video proof for the specific private White House lines as quoted in the book [4] [3].
7. What to watch next — verification and competing narratives
Follow-up reporting that produces contemporaneous recordings, statements from first-hand witnesses (e.g., John Kelly publicly confirming or denying the rebuke anecdote), or additional documentation would change the evidentiary picture; as of the cited coverage, Taylor’s book constitutes the main recent claim about private White House sexual comments [4] [3]. Meanwhile, archival broadcasts remain the clearest, verifiable record of Trump’s public sexualized remarks about his daughter [1] [5].
If you want, I can extract verbatim public quotes from the Howard Stern and The View appearances as reported in these sources and list each incident with the original date and outlet cited.