Home Administration Ivanka Trump: Merkel not 'using' relationship to influence president Administration Ivanka Trump: Merkel not 'using' relationship to influence president By obeavers@thehill.com Olivia Beavers - April 26, 2017 18 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter First daughter Ivanka Trump said Wednesday she does not believe German Chancellor Angela Merkel is “using” the pair’s relationship to influence President Trump.“I don’t think that she is using the relationship,” Ivanka Trump, recently named a…