Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner reunited with her father as Donald Trump gave his speech to a joint session of Congress.
The eldest first daughter stepped away from any White House role this term, but joined Several members of the Trump family at his first major speech since the inauguration.
Don Jr. and his new girlfriend Bettina Anderson, First Lady Melania, son Eric and his wife Lara, daughter Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos were also in attendance.
Jared and Ivanka, who served as advisers in the first Trump administration, have been somewhat distant from the president since he left office in 2021.
They have largely focused on their lives in Florida, raising their three young children children and did not join the 2024 Trump campaign or come back to the White House in the second Trump term.
Ivanka Trump did make it clear they would be an emotional support for the president.
‘I’m most looking forward to just being able to show up for him as a daughter and be there for him, to take his mind off things and like watch a movie with him or watch a sports game, to know that he can be with me and be himself, and just relax,’ she told The Skinny Confidential podcast last month.
Jared and Ivanka maintained a personal connection to Trump even as they stepped away from the political business.
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner reunited with her father as Donald Trump gave his speech to a joint session of Congress
Jared and Ivanka, who served as advisers in the first Trump administration, have been somewhat distant from the president since he left office in 2021
The couple spoke to him often and even traveled the 70-something miles between Miami and Palm Beach for the occasional round of golf, DailyMail.com has learned.
They also spent their summers at a home they own on Trump’s National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., where the Trump clan gathered to escape the Florida heat and enjoy the property’s amenities.
Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric and Lara, Tiffany and husband Michael will all be on hand to watch the president’s remarks, joining first lady Melania Trump in her box in the House chamber.
‘They are thrilled to support him!,’ a source told DailyMail.com.
Barron Trump, who’s in his freshman year at New York University, is not expected to attend the speech given Tuesday is a school night.
The last time the Trump children were seen in public together was their father’s inauguration on January 20th.
The siblings are close and supportive of each other and the president.
Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka are the children of Trump’s first marriage to Ivana Trump. Tiffany is the daughter of his second wife Marla Maples and Barron is the son of the president and first lady Melania Trump.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrive before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress
Ivanka Trump did make it clear they would be an emotional support for the president
While there was reported to be tension between the three oldest and their father’s later wives, the children are close.
They were seen taking photos together during inauguration. When the girls were doing a group shot, Barron snuck up behind them to photo-bomb the picture, Ivanka cracked up and playfully punched him on the arm.
Still, they also have their separate lives.
Tiffany and husband Michael Boulos are expecting their first child.
Lara Trump has a new show on Fox News. Eric Trump continues to run the family business.
Don Jr. has joined corporate boards, including the e-commerce company PublicSquare and the prescription access platform BlinkRx.
He brought Anderson to his father’s inauguration. The couple have been together since last year. She is a native of Palm Beach, Fla., where she is a model and socialite.
She and her brothers also founded The Paradise Fund, a nonprofit that helps local organizations with disaster relief.
Don Jr. and his new girlfriend Bettina Anderson, First Lady Melania, son Eric and his wife Lara, daughter Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos were also in attendance
First lady Melania Trump arrived to a standing ovation
Barron, 18, is studying in New York and living at Trump Tower.
Melania Trump is protective of her son.
But she has bragged about how he helped his father in the 2024 election, recommending podcasts for the president to speak to in order to reach young male voters.
‘He’s a grown young man. I’m very proud of him – about his knowledge, even about politics, and giving advice to his father. He brought in so many young people. He knows his generation,’ she told Fox News in January.
However, she also has kept him away from some major political events, including this summer’s Republican National Convention.
Barron was 10 when his father was elected the first time. He spent his teenage years growing up at the White House.
Melania said he will come visit them in Washington D.C.
‘He will come and visit, yes,’ she told Fox News in January.
‘I feel that children we have them feel they are like 18, 19 years old. We teach them, we guide them. And then we give them the wings to fly. And I always respect Barron’s yes and no and what he likes to do, where he would like to be.’
