Ivanka Trump Enlists Mister Rogers for New Year’s Greeting to Make Critical 2024 Point: ‘Look for the Helpers’

As a tumultuous 2023 drew to a close, former first daughter 👤Ivanka Trump found some words of wisdom to share with her followers on social media who might be feeling a little hopelessness about what’s coming in the new year.

Specifically, she quotes beloved children’s television host and Presbyterian minister Fred McFeely Rogers, better known simply as Mr. Rogers from the long-running PBS program “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

“As we approach the new year, let’s carry the timeless wisdom of Mr Rogers with us,” Trump wrote in a post to X Thursday afternoon, just a few days before New Year’s Eve.

“In these challenging times, always look for the helpers. Their presence is a beacon of hope and humanity. Their courage and kindness light the way forward.

“Wishing you all joy, love and hope,” she concluded her post.

Rogers himself was apparently quoting his own mother when he advised people

“You know, my mother used to say, a long time ago, whenever there would be any catastrophe that would be in the movies or on the air, she would say: ‘Always look for the helpers. There will always be helpers, you know, just on the sidelines,'” Rogers said in video Trump shared with her post.

“That’s why I think if news programs could make a conscious effort of showing rescue teams, of showing who — anybody who is coming into a place where there is a tragedy — to be sure that they include that,” he added (advice that has largely been ignored, I will add, though probably unnecessarily).

“Because if you look for the helpers, you’ll know that there’s hope,” he concluded.