Former first daughter Ivanka Trump savages “violent, manipulating” wind surfers in Lex Fridman sit down

A heavy blow.

Paris is bustling with activity ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games but my days are relatively serene. Wake early, get an americano, come home and rouse daughter who puts on her pink leotard, pink tights and pulls hair into tight bun, walk to the train to ride to Paris Opera’s ecole de danse, deposit her behind the iron gate, leave, find a cafe, sit, ponder the meaning of surfing, ride the train back to the ecole, retrieve her, eat a late dinner and retire.

It’s comforting to know that I’m not alone. That other thinkers are out there wondering what it all means. Important minds like the august Sam George and Ivanka Trump.

The latter recently sat across from computer head and podcaster Lex Fridman in order to share deeper thoughts. “In a lot of water sports I feel you are manipulating the environment,” the former first daughter begins, adding, “and there’s something that can be a little violent about it. Like, look at wind surfing. Whereas with surfing you’re in harmony with it. You’re not fighting it, you’re flowing with it.”

Wind surfers certainly did not see that attack coming and must be reeling. Sorting out how their violent manipulation came to be so obvious. To be honest, I’ve never had a problem with our miniature sailing brothers and sisters. Any time the wind is good for them it is not good for me, and so I don’t mind them at all.

Trump then went on to describe a horror surf session where she packed five waves on the head while trying to make it into the lineup but, otherwise, harmony prevailed.

David Lee Scales and I touched on her words and also how Billy Kemper recently sucked up to Mark Zuckerberg on Instagram. A fine show certainly worth listening to.

Bon apetit.