Kai Trump hasn't been on the public stage anywhere near as long as some of her famous family members, but she's still been around long enough to endure her fair share of dark moments.
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00:00Kai Trump hasn't been on the public stage anywhere near as long as some of her famous
00:04family members, but she's still been around long enough to endure her fair share of dark moments.
00:09Kai Trump is both Donald Trump Jr.'s oldest child and Donald J. Trump's oldest grandchild.
00:14She became a conservative superstar practically overnight in July 2024,
00:18following her high-profile speech at the Republican National Convention,
00:21as plenty of viewers were impressed by her thoughtful and poised delivery that
00:25culminated in a standing ovation. However, it hasn't been all sunshine
00:28and rainbows for Kai since she's taken a seat in the political spotlight. Indeed,
00:32since delivering her speech at the convention, some rather sad things have emerged about her
00:36backstory. As the saying goes, money can't buy happiness, a truth that Kai Trump became
00:41acutely familiar with from a very young age. On May 12, 2007, Donald Jr. and his then-wife,
00:47Vanessa Trump, welcomed Kai into the world. As Kai's grandfather told People magazine at the time,
00:52The baby is really beautiful. I've never seen such a head of hair on a baby in my entire life.
00:57Just an absolutely beautiful baby, and healthy and happy, so I'm thrilled."
01:01Donald Jr. and Vanessa eventually went on to expand their family with four more kids,
01:05Donald III, Tristan, Spencer, and Chloe. Alas, their time as a married couple wouldn't last
01:10forever, as Vanessa filed for divorce in March 2018 after 12 years of marriage. Less than two
01:16months later, it appeared that Donald Jr. had figured out a way to try and cheer his oldest
01:20daughter up in the form of a brand new puppy. As he wrote on Instagram,
01:23Kai got her birthday present a day early, and boy is she cute. She's been asking for years.
01:28This one is going to be trouble, just like Kai. While money can't buy you happiness,
01:32a surprise furry friend might help. During Kai Trump's RNC speech, she was notably honest about
01:37how traumatizing the assassination attempt on her grandfather was for her. As she put it,
01:41On Saturday, I was shocked when I heard that he has been shot,
01:44and I just wanted to know if he was okay. It was heartbreaking that someone would do
01:48that to another person."
01:49A lot of people have put my grandpa through hell, and he's still standing."
01:53On July 13, 2024, former President Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,
01:58when a gunman shot him with a semi-automatic rifle, which ended up wounding his right ear.
02:03Plenty of reactions across the political spectrum all condemned the violence.
02:07Naturally enough, Kai also took to Instagram to express her support. Alongside a photo of
02:11the former president pumping his fist in the air while blood ran down his face, Kai wrote,
02:15We love you, Grandpa. Never stop fighting."
02:18This next incident from Kai Trump's life is a little more awkward than tragic,
02:21but we're pretty sure it's a moment that she doesn't exactly want to relive.
02:25Right before Donald Jr. introduced his daughter at the RNC, he posted a TikTok of the two of
02:29them sitting side-by-side and getting glammed up and ready to go. But it wasn't the makeup session
02:34that had everyone talking. Instead, it was a rather questionable comment that Donald Jr. made
02:38about his daughter's physical appearance.
02:41Kai, what do you think? Getting makeup make me look sexy like you?"
02:45Kai didn't seem terribly phased by the remark, as she replied,
02:48I mean, you look very beautiful.
02:49Thank you, Kai. I'm glad you think I look very beautiful.
02:51A fair number of people didn't exactly think that this was an appropriate father-daughter
02:55conversation, and many took to the comment section to express that sentiment. As one
02:59of them put it bluntly,
03:00Why would you say that?
03:02Meanwhile, another commenter wrote,
03:03So actually we don't want to be calling our daughter sexy. Hope this helps.
03:07And one other person questioned reality by commenting,
03:10I've replayed this about 100 times to try and convince myself I must be mishearing what he
03:14said. Perhaps we'll have to wait until the next father-daughter TikTok to find out if
03:18Don Jr. took those comments to heart.