Donald Trump revealed that he was thinking of his daughter Ivanka to chair the World Bank

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed in an interview published this Friday that he had mixed his daughter's name Ivanka Trump possible candidate for the presidency of the World Bank after the departure of the president of the institution at the time, Jim Yong Kim, last January.

"I even thought about it for the World Bank. That would have been great because the numbers are excellent, "said President Trump during an interview with the publication L & # 39; Atlantic in which he spared no eulogy for his eldest daughter.

Kim 's unexpected departure was a major challenge for Trump, who was very critical of multilateralism and obliged to nominate a candidate backed by the rest of the international community.

Finally, the elected was David Malpbad, confirmed by the World Bank on April 5, and will lead the agency for a period of five years starting April 9.

However, when the US government evaluated who should replace Kim, it appeared that the name of Ivanka Trump was among the candidates, a news that triggered all the alarms because of its poor preparation.

The White House then denied that the counselor and the president's daughter were among the candidates consideredalthough he indicated that he would participate in the selection process with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

During the interview, Trump also revealed that he had mixed the name of Ivanka for another charge of great importance, that of US Ambbadador to the UN.

"She is a natural diplomat, she would have done a good job at the United Nations," said the president.

In this case, the girl would have replaced Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and one of the most respected voices of the US president, who announced his resignation last October.

When asked why he had given up offering his daughter to the post, Trump alleged image problems. "If he did, they would say it's because of nepotism, whereas in reality it has nothing to do with nepotismhe discussed.

(With information from EFE)