Trump family at the inauguration: A look at his children, grandchildren and more

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump will return to the White House on Monday, January 20. Trump has five grown children and 10 grandchildren.

Here’s a look at the Trump family:

Trump’s wife, Melania Trump

Melania Trump, 54, is Trump’s third and current wife. She is a former model from Yugoslavia and the second foreign-born First Lady of the United States (the first was Louisa Adams.)

They married in 2005 and Melania became a naturalized citizen in 2006.

Melania published a self-titled memoir late last year and will be the subject of one documentary distributed by Amazon Prime Video which is expected to be released later this year.

The backstory:

During Trump’s first presidency, Melania spent the first few months at the family’s penthouse in Manhattan so that 11-year-old Barron would not have to change schools in the middle of the year. After moving to the White House, she traveled around the United States and to other countries, alone and with Trump, in part to promote her “Be Best” children’s initiative, while fiercely guarding her privacy.

Melania has said she wants to spend more time in the White House this time around, saying on “Fox & Friends” that she has already packed and selected the furniture she will bring to the executive mansion.

Trump’s father-in-law, Victor Knavs

Victor Knavs, 80, is Melania Trump’s father. At Trump’s inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Monday night, he sat next to Barron Trump, Trump’s youngest child and Knavs’ grandson.

Melania Trump’s parents, Victor and Amalija Knavs, are from a small town in Slovenia. They moved permanently to the United States after Melania’s marriage to Donald Trump and became citizens in 2018. Viktor was a driver and car salesman, and Amalija worked as a pattern maker.

Amalija died in January 2024 at the age of 78.

Trump’s ex-wives

Ivana Marie Trump was Trump’s first wife, from 1977 to 1990. She was a fashion model and businesswoman from Czechoslovakia, and became a citizen in 1988. She died in 2022 at the age of 73, and was buried at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey. Together they had Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump.

Marla Maples and Donald Trump were married from 1993 to 1999. She was an actress and model. Together they had Tiffany Trump.

Who are Trump’s children?

Donald Jr. is Trump’s eldest son. Don Jr. campaigned for her father in 2016 and 2020.

His influence has grown to the point that he lobbied his father to select close friend JD Vance as vice president. He also pushed for former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president-elect’s picks for director of national intelligence and health and human services, respectively. Trump Jr. helps run the family’s real estate business and is the honorary chairman of Trump’s transition. He has a podcast and has said his role is to prevent “bad actors” from entering the administration. He recently flew his father’s airplane to Greenland; the newly elected president has expressed a desire to take control of the mineral-rich Danish area.

Don Jr. has five children — or “Smurfs,” as he sometimes refers to them — with his ex-wife, Vanessa Trump. They are Kai Madison, 17; Anders John III, 15 years; Tristan Milos, 13; Spencer Frederick, 12; and Chloe Sophia Trump, 10.

Ivanka Trump worked in the White House as a senior adviser during Trump’s first term. She was also on the campaign trail in 2020, but she and her family moved to Florida and retreated from the limelight after his loss.

As Trump prepared for the 2024 race, Ivanka announced that she loved and supported him but was getting out of politics to focus on her husband and their three children. However, she joined her father and other family members on election night and when he rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in early December after Time magazine named him Person of the Year. She told “The Skinny Confidential” podcast that this time she just wanted to “show up to him like a daughter” and be there to watch a movie or a sports game.

Ivanka and her husband have three children: Arabella Rose, 13; Joseph Frederick, 11; and Theodore James Kushner, 8.

Jared KushnerIvanka’s husband, was a key figure in Trump’s 2016 campaign. He joined his wife in the White House as a senior adviser, a role that included working on US policy towards Israel and the wider Middle East.

This time he has stepped out of the political spotlight – but his father could soon step in. Trump announced after the election that he intends to nominate Charles Kushner, a real estate developer, to stay US Ambassador to France. The elder Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and illegal campaign contributions years earlier.

Eric Trump participated in his father’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns, but now focuses more on running the family business. In September, he and his brother started a crypto platform called World Liberty Financialand their father helped launch it in an interview on the X social media platform.”

Eric and his wife, Lara, have two children: Eric Luke, 7, and Carolina Dorothy Trump, 5.

Tiffany Trump is Trump’s only child with his second wife Marla Maples. She kept a low profile when Trump was first elected, and while she was more present in the 2024 campaign, she still largely avoids the spotlight.

Tiffany, 31, and her husband, Michael Boulos, are expecting their first child this year. Boulos is a businessman who traveled with Trump in the latter part of the campaign. His father is Massad Boulosa Lebanese American businessman who helped Trump with the influential Arab American community in the swing state of Michigan. Trump has appointed Massad Boulos to be a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Barron Trump is currently a freshman New York University business student. He graduated from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 17, 2024. Barron towers over his parents at a reported 6’9″.

His parents and Trump campaign officials credit him with recommending podcasts popular with young men that the president-elect appeared on during the campaign. Barron wants a bedroom in the White House, Melania Trump said on “Fox & Friends.”

Donald Trump said Barron had helped introduce him to people he had never heard of before.

“He was very good,” the president-elect told NBC News in a phone interview Saturday. “It’s the new wave. And he was very helpful.”

His mother had told “Fox & Friends” last year that “I’m very proud of him, of his knowledge, even of politics and giving advice to his father. He brought in so many young people. He knows his generation. “

Who are Trump’s grandchildren?

Trump has 10 grandchildren:

• Kai Madison Trump, 17
• Donald John Trump III, 15
• Tristan Milos Trump, 13
• Spencer Frederick Trump, 12
• Chloe Sophia Trump, 10
• Arabella Rose Kushner, 12
• Joseph Frederick Kushner, 11
• Theodore James Kushner, 8
• Eric “Luke” Trump, 7
• Carolina Dorothy Trump, 5

Kai Trump, Trump’s eldest grandson is an aspiring social media influencer. Her behind-the-scenes video from election night got 3.7 million views on YouTube. Other posts related to her grandfather have been viewed millions of times on TikTok. Kai gave his first public speech at the Republican convention and is an avid golfer who sometimes plays with his grandfather.

“If I’m not on his team, he’ll try to get into my head, and he’s always surprised that I don’t let him get to me,” she said at the rally. “But I have to remind him that I’m a Trump too.”

Why you should worry:

Family members can provide presidents with a ready source of moral and sounding board support, companionship, and even relief from the world’s problems. Not to mention creating headaches for the president at times as well.

“Family can do things that other people can’t, and you can trust them in a way that other people can’t,” said Tevi Troy, a former official in the George W. Bush administration and author of several books on the presidency. “Everyone needs someone to talk to late at night when you let your hair down, so to speak.”

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