Trump reveals why Ivanka drove him ‘crazy’ in the White House while the questioner had a panic attack

Former President Donald Trump revealed that his daughter Ivanka drove him “crazy” over child tax credits while he was in the White House.

Trump appeared before a town hall on women’s issues on Fox News, hosted by Harris Faulkner, when he was asked about the rising costs of raising children.

A single mother from the audience named Rachel said she broke her neck last year and couldn’t afford childcare. She asked the former president what changes he would make for parents to make having children more affordable.

“You’ve never heard of Ivanka, right? Ivanka?’ Trump said in response to her question. “My daughter has been driving me crazy over this.”

Childcare affordability is a growing challenge for parents in the United States, and it’s an issue Trump has struggled to address several times during his campaign.

“You know I gave you the largest tax cuts in the history of our country,” Trump told the woman in response.

He went on to say that his daughter, who served as a senior adviser to him in the White House, told him that they needed to sort out child tax credits.

‘She drove me crazy. Then I did it, and I almost got it done. “Daddy, you gotta double it,” Trump recalled of his daughter as the administration was in the process of passing his tax bill.

Trump claimed that what they’re going to do going forward is “readjust things so that it’s fair for everyone.”

He said the tax credits would “go higher,” but he gave no details on what levels he wants to see the child tax credits at or how he wants them approved by Congress.

Trump during his town hall on women’s issues with Fox News host Harris Faulkner

The Republican tax law passed in 2017 doubled the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child. However, it did not help lower-income families with children who received only some or none of the previous tax credits.

When Democrats won the White House and both chambers of Congress in 2020, they temporarily expanded the child tax credit even further under the American Rescue Plan passed in 2021, but efforts to make the changes permanent and other steps to improve child care affordability to tackle were blocked.

“She was the one who started it. You know these were our credits,” Trump claimed of his daughter. “That wasn’t the Democrats credits.”

Trump said many Republicans have “correctly said” not to expand the child tax credit because they “will never get credit for it.” He then went off to talk about giving tax cuts to corporations.

The 78-year-old did not elaborate on other steps he would take to address the shortage of childcare staff or facilities.

The Georgia woman named Rachel who asked Trump about childcare affordability said she ‘had a panic attack’ when she asked her question

The woman Rachel who raised questions about the affordability of childcare was visibly nervous as she appeared on television in front of the public.

Rachel said her child tax credit had dropped by almost 80 percent, but child care costs almost $1,400 per month per child. She said she broke her neck last year, but could not get help because her income was above the threshold.

“I’m having a panic attack right now,” she said, laughing as she spoke to the camera.

Rachel also said she was “shaking like a crazy leaf” and “couldn’t stop” before she could finish her question.

Early last month, Trump also dramatically rambled on a response when asked about the priority of child care legislation at the Economic Club of New York.

Trump also mentioned Ivanka first in that response before talking about taxing foreign countries. Later in his response, he said the cost of childcare is relatively low compared to other costs.

‘I “I want to stay in childcare, but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers I’m talking about, including growth, but the growth is also led by what the plan is that I just told you about,” he said.

When asked about childcare during the presidential debate in June, the ex-president ignored the question altogether.