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(CNN)With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump's grievances continue unabated. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people who were closest to him during his White House tenure: his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Sometimes the former President complains for several hours about the "stolen" 2020 election. Other times, his frustrations emerge in fits and starts -- more likely when he is discussing his hopeful return to national politics. And while he often has a rotating audience of cheering listeners, the gap between Trump and his daughter and son-in-law grows wider by the week, according to 12 former Trump White House officials, former administration officials, family friends, acquaintances and members of Trump's team who spoke with CNN about changes to the former President's current inner circle.
A large part of the reason for the separation is Trump's constant harping on the past and his inability to move on. The former President has also started to question the role that Kushner -- one of the few people who were able to stay close to Trump throughout his two presidential campaigns and White House tenure -- has played in his presidential legacy.
Ivanka Trump has also struggled to undo the entanglements caused by the years at her father's side in the White House, as she seeks a less complicated life for her family, according to two acquaintances. They described her as having to walk a fine line between embracing her father and distancing herself from his election lies.
Having spent much of the last five-and-a-half years in close proximity to him, Ivanka Trump and Kushner were rarely seen with him in the months leading up to the former President's seasonal shift from living at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, to living in a cottage at his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner/index.html
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Dont blame them one bit. Not a fan of either, just thinking of the children.
agingdem
(7,857 posts)are not as evil as Daddy (in-law) because of the children?...where have you been the last 5 years?? Ivanka/Jared are vapid, apathetic, grifters...they weren't the voices of reason they were Daddy's cheerleaders...neither one of those siliconed brainless mannequins have a scintilla of self-awareness...have you seen the January 6 videos of these two toxic Barbie dolls "enjoying the moment" with deranged Donnie as he spewed his Big Lie vomit to a violent mob, demanding they charge the capital and take back what was his?...and now they are keeping their distance..why?...because Donnie, an insane exiled despot, is of no use to the two reptilian opportunists, but most important, they are overtly un-welcomed and reviled in New York high society...and like the twice impeached one term orange cretin they, too, are exiled..but unlike daddy, swinging his golf clubs, they have chosen a "simpler" life style, a gated island of delusional privilege...
BradBo
(531 posts)You mean a man that was instrument in the murder of an American journalist. That child?
Escurumbele
(3,402 posts)they are not wanted.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)know how awful DT is.
I never said this trash is good people.
Tiger8
(432 posts)Trump is the failed soldier. Jarvanka has no use for him anymore.
But if Trump's insurrection had succeeded, they're be at his side and telling their kids, "Grandpa shows how it's done."
smb
(3,475 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)Either or both of them would have parlayed their positions as Trump Heir Apparents in a heartbeat. In Michael Wolff's book, they "playfully" argued which one of them would be the first one to be elected President after Donald Trump. And Ivanka certainly wanted to be the first female president, not Hillary Clinton.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/ivanka-trump-reportedly-planned-to-become-president.html
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)They are co-conspirators and share responsibility for all the damage done to this country. They can try to run away and hide but history wont allow it.
Bev54
(10,072 posts)as if they were just two normal people trying to raise a family. I am tired of the media trying to make them normal.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)the only thing I want to hear about them.
JI7
(89,264 posts)grifting as usual doing the photo ops everyday .
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)SarcasticSatyr
(1,183 posts)after that it's probably martinis by the pool until she slips into an alcoholic coma ... rinse and repeat.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)Scrivener7
(51,004 posts)To which I say:
tavernier
(12,400 posts)Ill just second yours.
msfiddlestix
(7,286 posts)PR to give them their cover to rehabilitate their reputations after years of servicing their own financial interests as well as daddy's corruption and insanity. Shallow, hypocritical, corrupt to the gills, hucksters in their own right.
They also are embroiled in serious legal issues to the point if Justice actually prevailed, they'd be prosecuted with RICO charges and doing time. Assets Forfeiture come to mind as well.
I'm also speculating Daddy has or is likely to throw them under the bus at every turn during grand jury investigations if there actually are any, but I have to wonder if that isn't already in play.
Seriously I wish people here didn't fall for this obvious PR ploy and hope it stops soon.
nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)I'm just kidding. They're all a nest of vipers and this is just more kayfabe.
oasis
(49,407 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)cayugafalls
(5,643 posts)Fuck them all and hope to see them all in prison.
trusty elf
(7,401 posts)tanyev
(42,610 posts)So where were his son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump, two of Trump's closest advisors in the White House, when all this was going down? Per the New York Times, they were on vacation in Vermont.
This is hardly the first time the couple has been unavailable during a crisis in the administration. The Forward points out that Jared and Ivanka were celebrating Shabbat during the president's "Muslim ban" executive order, and were on a ski trip when Trump's initial healthcare bill floundered.
Once again, the news of their vacation begs the question: If Jared and Ivanka are supposed to be moderating voices in the White House, but they're taking time off just when the president needs a reminder that Nazis are evil, what are they doing there in the first place?
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a12019970/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-vacation/
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,186 posts)...gives up his precious Princess Sparkle Pony and Squeaky to Cy and Letitia. Oh, the tales they'll tell at that point.
oldsoftie
(12,597 posts)Not that Tiff was ever close to him anyway.
I wonder what Barron will become?
And I'd LOVE to see melania LEAVE his cheating ass.
The MAGAts would lose their shit
Thunderbeast
(3,418 posts)Maybe they will do a "tag team" podcast about rebellion against their President-Fathers.
I'm sure that Cousin Mary would support the effort!
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)like those worthless boys do. If it were not for Daddy those boys would be trying to hold down a job at McDonalds.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,352 posts)they hate everyone else, they're all miserable human beings.
Of course they're distancing from each other: there isn't any real spotlight on them any more, so they can stop pretending that they have human feelings or tendancies.
Marcuse
(7,506 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,457 posts)Traildogbob
(8,797 posts)MAGAs cant read. Plus if Trump Corp goes belly up, owing billions, Jarod will take his 900 million Saudis cash and not forfeit it in the lawsuits.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)he goes on Newsmarx, Fox, OnANN, and any place else that will have him, and he complains some more.
To Jared and Ivanka; Bed. Made. Lie. You greed, demented mottherfuckers could have avoided all of this by talking him out of running for President in the first place. I hope the lot of you spend the rest of your miserable, disgusting lives in prison.
NH Ethylene
(30,817 posts)They are forever stained by this monstrous creature, as they well deserve to be.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)PCIntern
(25,582 posts)Ill tell you what pisses me off about them BESIDES THE DELIBERATE GENOCIDE
The faux Orthodox Judaism. My family consists of a few so-called Modern Orthodox individuals, and they are a lot of things, but these two creeps aint fooling me for one instant. Just despicable in every way.
Joinfortmill
(14,456 posts)Loge23
(3,922 posts)Or humanity should distance itself from these cretins.
ZonkerHarris
(24,254 posts)FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)Chump will spend everything he has trying to keep his azz out of jail. There will be nothing left for the kiddos when he finally kicks. I think Jared stands to inherit something from his Dad though, so they won't be penniless.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)We need to make sure they are forever tied to the Former Guy and the crimes they all committed.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So now Tom and Daisy (see The Great Gatsby) would like to retreat into their wealth or indifference or whatever it is that keeps them together and just leave the rank smell of their sour farts to linger in the public sphere.
liberalgunwilltravel
(336 posts)Maybe they can restore their familial ties in prison.
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)...I think if that haunting, creepy couples photo of them in the window like something straight of American Horror Story: Murder House.
AwakeAtLast
(14,133 posts)And stinks. Sorry, not gonna come off soon.