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One of the most gratifying aspects of Trump's first term coming to an end was that Princess Ivanka was CONVINCED that she and Jared were going to be welcomed with OPEN ARMS as the TOAST of NYC's elite high society. The sky was the limit! Who knows...maybe they'd even rename her beloved Met Gala as "The Princess Ivanka Gala!" It could happen!

Until it didn't. New York didn't want the two of them, and that was made as clear as possible, so they had to console themselves with a $24 million mansion in Florida.

Doesn't matter if Trump came from Queens or not. His "native" status was meaningless among the upper crust. He's been a boorish pig, a clown, a con man, for his entire life, and that's the way New York has always seen him.