Skipping family events? Throwing dad under
the campaign bus? Ever since Donald Trump left office, the gulf between him
and Ivanka has just kept widening. After he lost the 2020 election, Donald Trump
delivered a loaded speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2021. But Ivanka
Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were nowhere to be seen, despite being two of Trump's senior
advisors during his tenure in the White House. "What exactly is her role here?" "I think her role is to be
helpful and provide input." An inside source told CNN that Ivanka was
taking a massive step back from politics, and that she'd asked her friends
not to mention Washington in conversations. The source claimed that Ivanka
had encouraged her husband to do the same. Others speculated that Trump blamed Kushner for
him losing the election. A source close to Kushner told CNN that his absence at the conference
was due to Kushner being with his family. This excuse, if the other sources are
to be believed, could also be a result of Ivanka trying to distance herself and
her whole family from her father's antics. Sources also told the New York
Post that Ivanka lost plenty of friends while working for her father's
administration. The source claimed: "Ivanka hated all the criticism and the threats, and was unhappy about how a lot of their
friends turned their back on them." Would you like to go to a party where
Donald Trump appointed himself the DJ? Well, Ivanka Trump didn't. When her 41st birthday
rolled around on October 30, 2022, the former first daughter decided to celebrate with her
younger sister Tiffany Trump and some friends. Trump was throwing a Halloween party at
Mar-a-Lago around the same time. Whether it was supposed to serve as a celebration
for Ivanka's birthday as well is unclear, but it seems she dodged a bullet because,
as sources told Page Six, Trump's choice of music at the party mostly consisted of
'80s tunes and tracks from "Phantom of the Opera," which left some guests grumbling in
protest. Ivanka, meanwhile, was in Miami. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have notably
skipped a few family gatherings and events since Trump lost the election, and they
were nowhere to be seen when Trump made the trip to Jupiter, Florida, to celebrate
the birthday of Kimberly Guilfoyle in 2023. A source told Page Six that the
couple had a prior commitment, saying: "They were invited to Kimberly's birthday
party and were so sad to miss it. Their niece's bat mitzvah was Thursday evening
and it had been planned a long time ago." This wasn't the first time the couple
was absent from a family gathering, however. After Trump lost the election,
a family friend revealed to CNN that Ivanka and her husband's visits to
Mar-a-Lago had decreased drastically. Ivanka and her husband also failed to
attend Trump's 75th birthday dinner, with insiders telling SheKnows that the couple
was trying to keep their distance from the former president's inner circle in an attempt to better
maintain a personal relationship with Trump. While on a family holiday, Ivanka Trump and
her husband spent a weekend with Nikki Haley, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations and an estranged colleague of Donald Trump. Haley resigned in October 2018, and has
voiced criticism over Trump's reaction to his 2020 election loss. She's also announced
that she's running for president in 2024. Haley, who was seen dining with Ivanka and her
family at a popular restaurant in South Carolina, admitted publicly that she was trying to
distance herself from the former president, and that she hadn't spoken to Trump
since he lost the election. Sources close to Ivanka and Kushner told CNN that
the family's visit to Haley was no big deal, and simply one of the stops on
the way to their destination. In a surprising turn of events, Ivanka Trump did
not support Donald Trump's claims of election fraud. The world won't soon forget the U.S.
Capitol riots that took place on January 6, 2021. During the investigation, Ivanka made it clear to
the January 6 committee that she did not support her father's claims that the election was stolen
from him. Ivanka testified that she didn't agree with her father's choice to announce his supposed
victory on Election Day. She said, via NBC News: "I don't know that I had a firm view as to what he
should say, in that circumstance. The results were still being counted. It was becoming clear that
the race would not be called on election night." Ivanka also testified that her views on possible
election fraud were changed after she spoke with then-Attorney General William Barr, who assured
her the election had been as fair as could be. "I respect Attorney General Barr,
so I accepted what he was saying." Trump wasn't happy with her testimony, and
in a statement following the committee's proceedings, he dismissed his daughter's
testimony. He wrote on Truth Social: "Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results.
She had long since checked out." Keeping legal battles at arm's length
Donald Trump has had his fair share of legal woes, but Ivanka Trump has completely distanced
herself from her father's legal battles and seems determined to look the
other way while it all plays out. A source revealed to People that
Ivanka has adopted somewhat of a live-and-let-die attitude toward
her father. The source claimed: "Donald does what he wants, and she can't
help him now. His help is in the hands of his lawyers and advisers. She is no
longer working in that capacity." Another source alleged that being a member
of the White House staff is not all it's cracked up to be, and that Ivanka feels
like she lost four precious years of her life while working in Washington. Now, she's
determined to rebuild it. The source said: "Even though Ivanka loves her dad,
she knows how impossible he can be." The source added that she's
focusing on her children and getting back to living her
own life on her own terms. For those not in the know, Ivanka Trump
is currently caught up in a $250 million fraud lawsuit with Donald Trump and
her brothers. The suit was filed by Attorney General Letitia James' office in
September 2022 and accuses the Trumps of inflating the value of their properties in
order to acquire certain economic benefits. "And so the question is, 'Where
did he get all that money from?'" Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump quickly hired
lawyers to represent them and Ivanka in the case, but it appears Ivanka is determined
not to go down with her family. She went ahead and appointed her
own lawyers in addition to her brothers', clearly not trusting their
attorneys to successfully defend her. Ivanka had barely appointed
her new attorneys when one of them asked the judge to delay the
trial. After the request for a delay, Ivanka appointed Bennet Moskowitz of Troutman
Pepper as her sole legal counsel. It's clear Ivanka is determined not to be implicated
in the allegations, and it remains to be seen whether she'll decide to throw some family
members under the bus to accomplish this feat. "I am tonight announcing my candidacy
for president of the United States." When Donald Trump announced that he'd
be running for president again in 2024, sources told UsWeekly that Trump
can forget about his daughter, Ivanka Trump, returning to his
side. A source said at the time: "Even if her dad begged her to be
involved in his campaign again, Ivanka would turn it down flat. [...] Ivanka had
a rotten time toward the end of her dad's reign." Well, it turns out that the unnamed source's
intel was good, because not long after Trump announced his 2024 campaign, Ivanka publicly
declared that she had no plans to join it. Not only was she not present at Mar-a-Lago
when Trump announced his re-election bid, but she also made it clear that she
was done with politics and planned to focus on her family. In a statement
relayed by the Guardian, Ivanka said: "I love my father very much. This time around, I
am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family.
I do not plan to be involved in politics." Thanks to the fraud lawsuit Ivanka
Trump, Donald Trump, his sons, and some of his executives are facing, the
court appointed an official to monitor the Trump Organization's finances to aid New York
State Attorney General Letitia James in her case against the former president. As a result,
Ivanka's professional finances were being monitored. She was not having it, however, and
her lawyers managed to get her out of this one, appealing to the court mere days after
the financial monitoring was imposed. Ivanka's attorneys claimed that she
hadn't been involved with her father's businesses since she joined the White
House administration in 2017, saying: "Ms. Trump has had no role
as an officer, director, or employee of the Trump Organization or any
of its affiliates since at least January 2017." Despite the appeal being successful, Ivanka's
still not off the hook, as Ms. James' office still suspects her of wrongdoing. Ivanka's
move to appeal the financial monitoring on her own behalf, as well as her decision to
appoint her own attorneys to handle the case, clearly shows that she's trying to
distance herself from her father. Trump was indicted in late March 2023, and
Ivanka Trump had a very diplomatic approach to the news in contrast to her family. Donald
Jr. ranted about how the indictment was nothing more than a calculated attempt to sabotage
his father's 2024 presidential campaign. "This is like, Communist-level s--t." Ivanka, on the other hand,
remained notably subdued. Ivanka took to Instagram to make a statement, but she didn't really say anything
to defend her father, writing: "I love my father, and I love my
country. Today I am pained for both. I appreciate the voices across the political
spectrum expressing support and concern." And that was it. Whether she was pained
because of the scandal it caused or because she believes her father to
be innocent is not entirely clear. Before Trump's indictment, sources told Page
Six that Ivanka and her husband were planning on keeping their distance from the whole mess,
and it appears Ivanka is keeping her resolve.
