Trump adviser pitches Ivanka’s goods during interview from the White House

A top aide to US President Donald Trump has promoted the clothing and jewellery line named after his daughter Ivanka, one day after the president’s tweet criticising a retailer for dropping her product line drew criticism over using public office for personal business gains.“Go buy Ivanka’s stuff,” Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told Fox News in an interview from the White House. “I’m going to go get some myself today.”Yesterday Ivanka’s brand was thrust again into the headlines after her father attacked department store chain Nordstrom in a highly unusual move using a White House Twitter platform to intervene in a commercial matter.“My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom.She is a great person – always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!” Trump tweeted on Wednesday.Nordstrom’s shares dipped after the tweet, sent from both Trump’s personal and official presidential accounts, but later closed up 4.0% on the New York Stock Exchange.Its shares were little changed in pre-market trade yesterday morning.The move prompted criticism of Trump by ethics officials who served past Republican and Democratic administrations and said Trump’s tweet was both unprecedented and troublesome.White House spokesman Sean Spicer defended Trump’s tweet on Wednesday, telling reporters that “the president has every right as a father to stand up” for his daughter.Yesterday Conway also backed Trump’s comment, telling Fox News: “He’s been a champion for women empowerment, women in the workplace.”