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Here’s what every member of the Trump family is up to after leaving the White House

From left to right: Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Tiffany Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention.

  • Donald Trump, who is running for president again, was just found guilty in his hush-money trial.
  • Melania Trump did not attend his trial but has supported his campaign at private events.
  • Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner bought homes in Florida and launched the Abraham Accords Caucus.

Since leaving the White House in 2020, Donald Trump and his family have remained powerful political figures.

Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election. On Thursday, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial involving a $130,000 payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

Here’s a look at what Trump’s family members have been doing since his presidency.

Donald Trump, who is running for president again in the 2024 election, is now a convicted criminal.
Former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump at a baseball game in Atlanta, Georgia.

Melania Trump resides at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. 

After keeping a low profile post-White House, Melania announced in December 2021 that she would be releasing NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), with a portion of the proceeds funding scholarships for children in foster care.

She released a watercolor of her eyes painted by artist Marc-Antoine Coulon and titled “Melania’s Vision” — which sold for $150 — and “The Head of State Collection,” which featured the white hat she wore when French president Emmanuel Macron visited the White House in 2018, CNN reported.

In January 2022, “The Head of State Collection,” auction received far less than anticipated. Buyers could only bid with the Solana cryptocurrency, but its value crashed 40% while the auction was underway. In all, the bids were worth $162,144, while Trump’s guide price was $250,000.

The New York Times reported in July 2023 that while Melania announced a scholarship program called “Fostering the Future” in 2022, no charities with that name were registered in New York or Florida.

The Times also reported she privately supports Trump’s reelection campaign despite her absence on the campaign trail and at Trump’s court appearances. 

Her other rare public appearances since leaving the White House have included attending Rosalynn Carter’s funeral alongside other first ladies in November. The following month, she welcomed new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

In April 2024, she was reportedly the guest of honor at a fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago for the conservative LGBTQ+ organization Log Cabin Republicans. During a speech, she detailed the campaign’s plans to reach out to conservative gay and lesbian voters for their support, ABC News reported.

Donald Trump Jr. speaks at Trump rallies, bought a house in Florida, and is engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz shakes hands with Ivanka Trump alongside Jared Kushner during the inaugural event of the Abraham Accords Caucus, at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.

Ivanka and Kushner both served as senior advisors in the Trump White House.

They reportedly bought a $32 million empty lot in Indian Creek Village, Florida, known as Miami’s “Billionaire Bunker,” in December 2020. They then signed a lease for a “large, unfurnished unit” in the amenities-packed Arte Surfside condominium building in Surfside, Florida, for at least a year, Katherine Clarke reported for The Wall Street Journal. They reportedly also added a $24 million mansion in Indian Creek Village to their Florida real-estate profile.

The Abraham Accords, which Kushner helped broker in August 2020, normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. Ivanka and Kushner visited Israel in October 2021 to launch the Abraham Accords Caucus in the hope of “formulating future agreements with other countries,” according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz

In Israel, they met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and attended an event at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem with former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Ivanka has been cooperating with the House committee investigating the Capitol riot, appearing for eight hours of questioning in April 2022.

Jared also released a memoir, “Breaking History,” detailing his time as a presidential advisor.

When Trump announced his 2024 campaign, Ivanka did not attend the kickoff event, saying in a statement that she was stepping back from politics.

Eric Trump serves as vice president of the Trump Organization, which is currently being investigated for fraud, and he is a regular on Fox News.
Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos.

Tiffany is the only daughter from Trump’s second marriage to model and television personality Marla Maples. She graduated from Georgetown University’s law school in 2020, CNN reported.

Tiffany announced her engagement to Boulos, a businessman from Lagos, Nigeria, on Instagram in January 2021, the day before Trump left office. They held their wedding at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club on November 12, 2022.

Trump’s youngest child, Barron Trump, just graduated high school.
Melania Trump and son Barron Trump leave Trump Tower in New York City.

Barron was the first boy to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr. In May 2017, he took his classmates to meet his dad at the White House.

Barron, who Trump says is now 6 feet 7 inches tall, graduated from high school at Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, in May. Trump was granted a break from his hush-money trial to attend his son’s graduation.

Barron will serve as a Florida delegate at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

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