What Ivanka Trump 'taking the red pill' says about the White House
The president’s daughter is not just a rich kid – she's also a representative of the United States with an understanding of the alt-right political fringe.
By retweeting alt-right terminologies, Ivanka Trump is giving them the presidential seal of approval. AP
On Sunday afternoon, just days after the birth of his seventh child, billionaire technology entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted to his audience of 34 million followers: “Take the red pill.”
The term is popular in internet communities such as the alt-right and the manosphere, and refers to the scene in the film The Matrix in which the protagonist, Neo, is offered the choice between a blue pill that will allow him to remain safely deluded, or a red pill, which will allow him to discover the underlying truth about reality.
