Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump.Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images
Former PresidentDonald Trump’s children will not serve in the White House if he wins a second term, he said Monday.
“It’s too painful for the family," Trump, 77,told Fox News host Bret Baier. “My family has been through hell.”
“Eric, my son, is a fine boy. You know him very well. He’s a fine young man. A good student, good everything,” Trump continued. “Nobody has been through what my family has been through.Ivankahad a really successful line of clothing. I mean, making a fortune. When I did this, she was really — she closed it up.”
Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband,Jared Kushner, both had senior roles in the White House during Trump’s term in office from January 2017 to January 2021. They have both been noticeably absent from Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, since Ivanka, 41, said last year that she intends to distance herself from the world of politics.
Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Larry French/Getty
“I love my father very much,” Ivanka wrote in a November 2022 statement, just as her father launched his latest campaign. “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,” Ivanka added. “While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena.”
After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, Ivanka and Kushner, 42, moved to Florida with their children, Arabella Rose, 11, Joseph Frederick, 9, and Theodore James, 6.
“I love my father, and I love my country. Today, I am pained for both,“Ivanka wrote in March. “I appreciate the voices across the political spectrum expressing support and concern.”
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In his federal criminal case,Trump faces multiple chargesafter more than 100 classified documents wererecovered from his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida last year.
Trumppleaded not guiltyin a federal court in Miami. Trump was charged with 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information (aviolation of the Espionage Act); one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice; one count of withholding a document or record; one count of corruptly concealing a document or record; one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation; one count of scheme to conceal; and one count of false statements and representations.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.Alex Wong/Getty
Since then, Ivanka wishedher “most incredible father” a “happy birthday” on June 15. A Trump source told PEOPLE last week that Ivanka’s relationship with Trump remains strong after his second indictment.
“It has been a rough period for all of the Trump kids, but Ivanka has always been especially close to her father,” the source told PEOPLE. “She loves him, her kids love him, and they are still a close family. But Ivanka does not want to be involved with the legal issues. She is removed from it and has adapted well to Miami. Her whole family loves it.”
Ivanka and Jared are also going “about their lives” as they are “used to controversy,” the source explained. “Is Ivanka upset about what is happening to her father? Yes, but she hasn’t abandoned him,” the source said. “They interact and are still a family. That is the way the Trumps are.”
source: people.com
