When glorified lifestyle guru Ivanka Trump moved to Washington a year and a half ago to take a job in the White House, she stepped away from the management and operation of her eponymous clothing brand, but retained her financial stake in the company, likely expecting to one day return to the business—at least until announcing her candidacy for president. Unfortunately, that plan hit the skids on Tuesday, when the First Daughter announced the devastating news that she is shuttering her line of clothing, pumps, handbags, and jewelry.

Though Ivanka’s namesake brand saw an increase in sales the year her father was elected, it also took hits the Women Who Work author likely didn’t anticipate when she became one of the very public faces of her father’s campaign. Shortly after the election, the #GrabYourWallet movement called for a boycott of all retailers selling Ivanka Trump products. Nordstrom dropped her line in February 2017, a move Papa Trump decried as “unfair” and “terrible!” Though the retailer claimed its decision was due to lagging sales—a rationale that may very well have been true—this was also around the same time mass protests erupted over the administration’s travel ban, to which Ivanka responded by sharing an Instagram photo of herself and Jared smiling in their black-tie best. Earlier this month, Canada’s Hudson’s Bay announced it would no longer carry the First Daughter’s line, also citing poor performance. That bit of news came just weeks after outrage over her father’s policy of separating children from their parents reached a fever pitch, after which the First Daughter thanked her father for ending the policy he started.

But boycotts over her role in an administration whose favorite pastimes are traumatizing children, giving Nazis a free pass, and destroying the environment weren’t the only issues Ivanka’s business encountered. Since becoming a West Wing employee who continued to receive financial information about her company and a share of its profits—Daddy does it, too!—Ivanka has been accused of major conflicts of interest, accusations she did not appreciate. In May, she declined to answer questions about receiving half a dozen trademarks from China right before her father announced he would rescue a Chinese company the Commerce Department had deemed a national security threat. And the year prior, she received a slew of trademark approvals the same day she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.

Sadly, despite the (possible!) special treatment, it seems the Ivanka Trump line just couldn’t hack it in this cruel, cruel world. Though of course, that’s not how she spun things in a statement, instead claiming she made the decision in order to focus on the deeply, deeply important work she’s been doing in D.C. “After 17 months in Washington, I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington,” she said. “So making this decision now is the only fair outcome for my team and partners.”

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Everyone thinks the White House’s farm plan sucks

“This trade war is cutting the legs out from under farmers and [the] White House’s ‘plan’ is to spend $12 billion on gold crutches,” Senator Ben Sasse said on Tuesday. “This administration’s tariffs and bailouts aren’t going to make America great again, they’re just going to make it 1929 again.” Brian Kuehl, the executive director of the trade group Farmers for Free Trade, told The New York Times, “The best relief for the president’s trade war would be ending the trade war. This proposed action would only be a short-term attempt at masking the long-term damage caused by tariffs.”

But hey, there are hats!

“Make our farmers great again. That’s what’s happening,” Trump said on Monday as he waved around a green hat bearing the campaign-esque slogan. (Incidentally, as many on Twitter have pointed out, in China a green hat is a symbol of a cuckhold, a screw-up that somehow feels so right for this administration.)

Senator Corker sees a lot of parallels between Trump, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro

If the baggy suit and comically oversized tie fit . . .

Corker on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to consider revoking security clearances for several ex-government officials who have been vocal about their opposition to President Donald Trump, adding that it’s “the kind of thing that happens in Venezuela.”

“I can’t even believe that somebody at the White House thought up something like this,” Corker said during an interview on MSNBC. “I mean, when you’re going to start taking retribution against people who are your political enemies in this manner, that’s the kind of thing that happens in Venezuela.”

“You just don’t do that,” Corker added, which could apply to virtually anything Team Trump has done. “I can’t believe they even allowed it to be aired, to be honest,” he said. “I mean, it’s a banana republic kind of thing.”

Elsewhere!

Tariffs Aren’t the Greatest for Harley, Whirlpool, Dozens More (Bloomberg)

Apple Vulnerable in U.S.-China Trade Showdown (W.S.J.)

G.O.P.’s New Tax-Cut Framework Leaves Out Fixes for Retailers, #MeToo Victims (Bloomberg)

Trump taunts E.U. on trade (Financial Times)

Fortnite Rocketed Past a Billion Dollars by Going Free (Bloomberg)

Not Even a Record Fine Can Keep Investors from Going Gaga Over Google (The Hive)

Abby Joseph Cohen Is More Concerned About Bonds Than Equities (Bloomberg)

Naked yoga man said he thought gym was “judgment-free zone” (UPI)