“She’s a natural diplomat,” Trump said. “She would’ve been great at the United Nations, as an example.”

Asked why he didn’t nominate her, Trump replied: “If I did, they’d say nepotism, when it would’ve had nothing to do with nepotism. But she would’ve been incredible.”

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Trump added: “I even thought of Ivanka for the World Bank. . . . She would’ve been great at that because she’s very good with numbers.”

Trump wound up nominating David Malpass, the Treasury undersecretary for international affairs, to be president of the World Bank in February. Malpass was unanimously approved by its executive board last week.

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In the Atlantic interview, the president also praised Ivanka Trump for possessing “a great calmness.”

“I’ve seen her under tremendous stress and pressure,” he said. “She reacts very well — that’s usually a genetic thing, but it’s one of those things, nevertheless.”

“If she ever wanted to run for president, I think she’d be very, very hard to beat,” Trump added.

According to the Atlantic, Trump made clear he was also proud of his other children.