The Trump children’s place in their father’s campaign
The Trump kids are more or less involved in this campaign; in fact, they are generally more withdrawn than during the previous ones.
This applies especially to Ivanka Trump. She was a senior adviser to her father throughout his presidency, working in particular on women’s rights and attending several international summits, and she is notable this time by her absence.
At the beginning of July, while being interviewed in the podcast by computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Lex Fridman, the host recalled that she had already declared on Fox News in 2022, when her father had announced his new candidacy for 2024. , that she would not participate in this campaign. “I think it’s mainly a decision that comes from me as a parent who really thinks about what they [ses trois enfants] expect from me »explained Jared Kushner’s wife, also a former senior adviser to the president, in the podcast this summer. “Politics is a difficult subject, and I think it’s an area you can’t just dabble in: I think you either have to be completely involved, or you have to be completely freed from it. And I know today the price they [ses enfants] would pay if I became fully involved, emotionally, due to my absence at such a formative time in their lives. And I’m not ready to make them pay that price. I served for four years, I feel so privileged to have done that, but as a mother I think it’s really important that I do what’s right for them. And I think there are many ways to earn. » She then recalled her voluntary commitment to children, “different” of politics “but no less significant”. She also felt that the policy was “a rather dark, obscure world, with a lot of negativity, which really contradicts what [lui] looks good ». “And it’s a very difficult job”she added. “So for me and my family it usually doesn’t work to participate”nevertheless remember “love a lot” his father.
If she thus stays away from politics and Donald Trump’s campaign, Ivanka, 42, has recently appeared in public, after the passage of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The tabloid TMZ published photos of her helping disaster victims with emergency organizations CityServe, Love & Life and Mercy Chefs.
The President’s second daughter, Tiffany TrumpIvanka’s half-sister, 31, had appeared during Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns, notably speaking at the Republican National Conventions and at various events. Although she attended this year’s convention, she did not speak publicly. A supportive figure to her father, she attended a criminal hearing with him on charges of falsifying business records last May in a Manhattan court. Her husband, Michael Boulas, of Lebanese origin, played a (small) role in his father-in-law’s re-election efforts. In May, he attended a meeting with a group of Arab and Muslim Americans to try to convince this population disillusioned with Joe Biden to vote for the Republican candidate. A few days ago, during a rally in Detroit, Donald Trump announced that his daughter Tiffany, “quite an unusual young woman”and his son-in-law, “rather unusual young man”were expecting their first child.
Donald Trump Jr.46 years old, Donald Trump’s eldest, actively participates in his campaign, as in the past, and speaks very regularly in the media and on his side year, in July. A few days ago, he attended campaign-related meetings in Utah. The father and son are also co-partners, with several entrepreneurs, of Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency platform, which had a lackluster debut on Tuesday, October 15.
His brother Eric Trump40, who runs the family empire, the Trump Organization, with Donald Jr., is also heavily involved in the campaign. Last weekend, he and his wife, Lara, attended a “Trump Boat Parade” in Florida, a state that has just been hit by Hurricane Milton. Pro-Trump neo-Nazis attended the event, parading in boats with Trump banners and Nazi Germany flags. These activists gave Nazi salutes and chanted “White Power”, “Make America White Again”or even “Hey Trump”. Eric Trump did not comment on their presence. On Monday, October 14, the KTUL channel in Oklahoma aired an interview in which he supports the financial record of his father’s presidency.
As for Barron Trump18-year-old, the youngest of the Trump children, studied at New York University, his father explained on Sunday, October 13 on Fox News that he, like his other children, helped him “a little bit”especially to appeal to younger voters. “He tells me about all the guys in sight [des influenceurs]people I had never heard of”said Trump, who earlier this year gave interviews to the Logan Paul and Lex Friedman podcasts, likely in an effort to reach voters aged 18 to 29. As early as May, the father had stated that Barron regularly gave him political advice.
