Melania, Ivanka and Jared board Trump Force One for Milwaukee
Melania and Ivanka Trump, along with Jared Kushner, were spotted boarding Trump Force One for the flight to Milwaukee to watch Donald Trump accept the Republicans’ presidential nomination.
The trio boarded Trump’s private plane in Newark for the two hour and 35 minute flight.
They will be cutting the timing close. Trump is scheduled to address the delegates at 9 pm ET.
Neither Melania nor Ivanka are scheduled to speak on Thursday night even though both spoke at previous Republican conventions and had the option to address this year’s.
For the flight, Melania wore a dark shirt and light skirt. Ivanka wore a blue dress. Jared appeared to carry a garment bag and a backpack.
Melania Trump boards Trump Force One
The Trump family spends the summer at the Trump International Golf Course in Bedminster, N.J. The various couples have private homes on the estate.
Both Melania and Ivanka were there when Trump was shot on July 13th.
And both women have stayed in the shadows as Donald Trump competes for a second term in the White House.
Melania Trump only has appeared publicly with her husband for campaign events just three times: his campaign kickoff in November 2022 at their Mar-a-Lago home, in March when she accompanied her husband to vote in the Florida presidential primary, and in April when she appeared at his side at a high-dollar fundraiser in Palm Beach.
In March, as she walked into the polling place, Melania was asked then if she would join the former president on the campaign trail.
Her response: ‘Stay tuned.’
Melania Trump notably skipped the first presidential debate in Atlanta. Trump walked off the stage alone while Joe Biden was accompanied by Jill Biden.
Meanwhile, Ivanka opened up about her decision to leave politics in a rare interview.
In an hour-long interview with Lex Fridman, she said she wanted to spend more time with her three children and, after four years of serving in her father’s White House, felt like she ‘left it all on the field.’
‘I spent four years in Washington. I feel like I left it all on the field. I feel really good about it and I feel really privileged to have been able to do what I did,’ she said.
She said, however, she is father’s top supporter, as the former president battles multiple legal cases.
‘On a human level, it’s my father and I love him very much, so it’s painful to experience, but ultimately, I wish it didn’t have to be this way,’ she said.
Ivanka was a senior advisor in Trump’s administration from 2017 until 2021, but she has not been heavily involved in his second bid for the White House.
When Donald Trump announced his bid for re-election last year, Ivanka said in a statement posted to social media that she loved her father but would be staying out of politics.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner board Trump Force One
She was not at his announcement speech. Nor did she attend the first presidential debate.
‘I love my father very much. This time around, I’m choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family,’ the former White House adviser said. ‘While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena,’ she said at the time.
She and husband Jared Kushner have worked to distance themselves from the tumultuous world of politics amid Donald Trump‘s re-election campaign and his various legal woes.
They relocated to Florida with children Arabella, 12, Joseph, 9, and Theodore, 8, after Trump left office in January 2021.
Ivanka has been focused on charity work and reconnecting with her old friends since leaving the White House.
