In an interview for a profile of his daughter Ivanka, President Trump revealed that he considered nominating his favorite child to be either ambassador to the United Nations or president of the World Bank. "If I did [nominate Ivanka], they’d say nepotism, when it would’ve had nothing to do with nepotism. But she would’ve been incredible," Trump told The Atlantic's Elaina Plott of his eldest daughter’s thwarted bid for UN Ambassador. "I even thought of Ivanka for the World Bank…She would’ve been great at that because she’s very good with numbers."

Not only would it have totally been nepotism—Ivanka has run her own fashion and jewelry lines, but is neither a diplomat nor economic analyst—but such a move would have likely have also been illegal. Outside of White House staff positions, the president isn’t allowed to give jobs to family members.

The Atlantic article also revealed that Trump is in the habit of calling his daughter “baby” while the two are in official meetings. That truly gag-inducing tidbit is the latest in a long line of supremely creepy Trump-Ivanka moments, from when he called her “hot” when she was just sixteen, to proclaiming on The View that if Ivanka “weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her,” to his reportedly encouraging her to get breast implants.

Trump made sure to spread the love, offering evaluations of his other four children as well. "Barron is young, but he’s got wonderful potential," he told The Atlantic. "And Tiffany’s doing extremely well. Don is, uh, he’s enjoying politics; actually, it’s very good. And Eric is running the business along with Don, and also very much into politics. I mean, the children—the children have been very, very good.”

Donald and Ivanka Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016. Benjamin Lowy Getty Images

While Barron and Tiffany, the youngest and lowest profile presidential offspring, got actual positive evaluations from their Dad, Trump's words for his adult sons don't quite measure to the level of fatherly praise. But then, according to Michael Cohen, Trump long ago declared that he thinks Don Jr. has "the worst judgment of anyone in the world."

And, true to form, even within in a light interview about his children, Trump dropped a minor bomb: he’s no longer even pretending that his sons are staying out of the political world to take charge of the family business. Unlike his predecessors, Trump didn’t divest from his businesses upon ascending to the presidency, and instead vowed that there would be no conflict of interest between his role as head of state and his business ties because the boys would stay out of politics to run the company.

Don Jr. quickly dispensed with that fiction, and is currently so embedded in political life that he’s suggested he might run for president in 2024. Eric, for his part, seems to have confused "running the family business" with "running to Fox News to blather about the deep state."

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ERIC TRUMP: "The deep state does exist. It does exist and it did exist."



LARA TRUMP: "Guess who the first person is that called them out? Donald Trump, way back when. He's always right!" pic.twitter.com/383BNbxYpl — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2019

Maybe drop-ins on Trump's favorite network will help Eric rise in the sibling rankings. Tiffany, who’s yet to turn in an appearance as a Fox News talking head, is looking shaky at number three.

Gabrielle Bruney Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture.

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