Ivanka Trump has always been a daddy’s girl, the apple of his eye and, until recently, his clear favorite. Even Eric and Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged their father’s preference for their sister. “Which is your favorite Trump child, and why is it Ivanka?” Don Jr. joked/not-joked to his dad in a June 2020 “Triggered” Father’s Day special. “All the same, 100%,” Donald shot back, convincing nobody. “I’ll even say you for purposes of this interview, but other than that, all the same.”
When Donald scored the top spot in 2016, Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, landed lucrative jobs within his administration. She was titled “assistant to the president” while he was a senior advisor. Donald regularly sang his employee’s praises on X, formerly Twitter. “My daughter, Ivanka, just arrived in South Korea,” he wrote in July 2018 when she attended the Winter Olympics. “We cannot have a better, or smarter, person representing our country.”
However, the wind is changing. Ivanka distanced herself from Donald after his term in office ended, and as of this writing, she has been noticeably absent from his 2024 campaign trial. “This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family,” Ivanka announced after Donald launched his presidential bid (via the Financial Times). “While I will always support my father, going forward, I will do so outside the political arena.”
