By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-30 15:44:37 | Updated at 2024-10-30 23:26:56
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Former first daughter Ivanka Trump has no plans to jump in and provide a last-minute boost to her father’s presidential campaign, her husband Jared Kushner confirmed.
“Zero,” Kushner, 43, told the New York Times when asked about the odds of her getting back into the political arena.
“[Ivanka] made the decision when she left Washington that she was closing that chapter of her life. And she’s been remarkably consistent,” he added.
Since departing the White House in 2021, Ivanka Trump kept a significantly low public profile and strenuously steered clear of politics.
When her father announced his third bid for the White House in November of the following year, the 43-year-old Trump scion made very clear that she wanted to keep out of the fray.
“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,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.
“While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena.”
Both Kushner and Ivanka Trump served as advisers to the president during her father’s first administration, with the former overseeing a vast portfolio that dealt with difficult foreign policy issues.
Kushner was technically a senior advisor and Ivanka Trump had a second job as well — director of the since-defunct Office of Economic Initiatives.
The mother of three’s White House role at the time was unpaid.
Kushner contended that while their lives will change a bit if former President Donald Trump roars back into the White House once again, he isn’t anticipating “a major shift in terms of what we prioritize.”
“We’re rooting for him — obviously, we’re proud of him,” he told the outlet. “But, you know, either way, our life will just continue to move forward.”
Still, scrutiny over the pair will likely intensify should the 45th president emerge victorious on Tuesday.
Following his White House departure, Kushner landed a $2 billion deal for his investment firm from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. That deal has attracted scrutiny from some Democrats in Congress.
Other investments he’s accrued came from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and a Taiwanese billionaire, among others.
Democrats will likely be keen on stepping up scrutiny of Kushner should his father-in-law win a second term as president.
Recently, revelations surfaced that hackers linked to China seized upon a telecommunications systems breach and targeted Kushner’s phone.
A source close to Kushner told The Post, “Everybody’s been trying to hack Jared, and that’s been the case for the past nine years, and there’s no indication that anyone got access to the data.”
Throughout her father’s 2024 campaign, Ivanka Trump has been largely absent from his side.
She made one brief appearance at the Republican National Convention days after the July 13 assassination attempt but declined to give a speech — and has rarely been at major political events with him.
Her elder brothers Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have kept up their political support of the family patriarch, including by serving as surrogates for him.
Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump’s step-sister Tiffany, who is pregnant, and step-brother Barron have similarly been largely out of the public limelight.
Former first lady Melania Trump, who had similarly largely eschewed politics in the 2024 cycle, has recently been seen on the campaign trail more and more with her husband. She’s also done interviews backing him.
Melania Trump’s reemergence mostly began while promoting her new book, “Melania.”
