Even though she's only 17, Donald Trump's granddaughter appears to be having fun with her role as an up-and-coming, up-and-coming woman YOU are an influencerwhile sharing cleverly produced videos on social media of the fun she has along with her beloved President-elect “Grandpa.”

But Kai Trump can only achieve this much to melt the image of a person who has been compared by critics to essentially the most dangerous fascists in history and who frequently utters insults and profane remarks. His election opponent, Kamala Harris received around 74 million votes to his 76 million.

With her latest video The film, released Tuesday, also featured the teenage golf prodigy as “Grandpa,” who seemed a little bit out of his element as a guest at Elon Musk's SpaceX launch last week.

In a very “chilling” moment from Kai Trump's behind-the-scenes video, Trump might be seen sending Musk into an “embarrassing spiral” after asking him if a rocket engine might be reused – after it was thrown into the Gulf of Mexico crashed in a ball of fireplace, the Daily Beast reported.

Last week, Trump accompanied Musk, his top campaign donor and rumored latest expert adviser on government efficiency, to observe the most recent test flight of his Starship rocket system, the Daily Beast reported. Trump was joined on the occasion by Kai Trump and her good friend, in addition to Kai Trump's father Donald Trump Jr. and Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

Musk, who can also be a NASA contractor, planned to indicate Trump a repeat of the “incredible maneuver” one among his Starship rocket ships performed in October, the Daily Beast reported. At that point, huge mechanical arms protruding from the launch tower managed to successfully “catch” the rocket's “Super Heavy” carrier after it made the precise movements required to return to the launch site. SpaceNews.com reported.

For the Nov. 19 Starship launch, the rocket successfully lifted off from the SpaceX Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas, at 5 p.m., SpaceNews.com reported. Its booster separated from the vehicle's upper stage about two minutes and 45 seconds after launch. The launch vehicle began to return to the launch site, but just over a minute later, air traffic controllers announced a “booster offshore diversion,” meaning the launch vehicle wouldn’t return to the launch pad but would as a substitute plunge into the Gulf of Mexico.

The reusability of the boosters was a key a part of SpaceX's effort to halve the associated fee of every $100 million Starship flight, the Daily Beast reported.

Kai Trump's video, which she also shares as a YouTube vlog, captures the moments when Musk told Trump: “We had some concerns about the tower, so it was ordered to land out at sea.”

In the video, where Kai stands near Trump, Trump appeared unusually calm and maybe a little bit awestruck, clearly missing the meaning of what the billionaire was saying.

That's because Trump muttered, “Amazing.” The former reality TV star then asked Musk, “Can they use that again?” Can they get it from the ocean?”

Musk appeared to do a double take and even give the president-elect a “side glance,” the Daily Beast said. Musk awkwardly replied, “Uhh, it will. …it's…it's probably going to explode. That’s my guess.”

Cruz, standing next to Trump, jumped in to cover up Trump's question by leading Musk to explain that he already had “higher” versions of the booster in production and one of them was ready for use. “Well, here we go,” Cruz said.

According to Kai Trump's video and other news reports, Trump actually said little else that day. A report in the Telegraph reiterated the view that Trump's trip with Musk to the SpaceX rocket launch was “uncomfortable” for both men, even though they have spent the weeks since the election virtually “joined on the hip” at Mar-a-Lago.

According to Darren Stanton, a former police officer and body language expert, Trump actually looked like a “fish out of water” and appeared to have been intimidated by Musk during the Starship test flight.

Trump showed none of his “alpha male personality” and “power gestures” during the event, Stanton told The Telegraph. “Trump has been very restless…usually he seems like this alpha male, the most powerful and powerful person in the room. I think he’s pretty intimidated by Musk,” Stanton said. “He was overwhelmed – his hands were just at his side like a mannequin.”

It's hard to believe that Kai Trump wanted her “grandpa” to seem “overwhelmed.” As Daily Beast entertainment writer Eboni Boykin-Patterson said in another reportKai Trump, whose mother is Vanessa Trump, has taken on a role in Trumpworld that was once filled by her aunt Ivanka Trump. Since Kai Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention — to show “the side of my grandfather that individuals don't often see” — she has become the photogenic young female relative trying to “clean up” Trump's image, Boykin said -Patterson too.

At the start of her video, Kai Trump gently poked fun at her grandfather — while also providing her roughly 2.6 million followers with some of the “ambitious” content that social media users are looking for, Boykin-Patterson wrote. While the teenager exuberantly showed off the luxurious accommodations on Trump's private jet, she and her friend also spent a few moments Recording a TikTok clipin which they mimicked their grandfather's golf swing and his meme campaign dance moves, set to the Village People's “YMCA.”

The Daily Beast said the result of Kai Trump's posts was “a less complicated, smiling perspective” on Trump, whom it described as a “hard employee” for “all Americans.” The teenager also shares slideshows of her 78-year-old grandfather with a broad smile along with her followers. “And if that’s all you see of this kind, loving grandfather, you’d think he never tried to overturn an election,” Boykin-Patterson wrote.

Originally published: November 27, 2024 at 11:27 am PST

Kai Trump, Donald Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter, has emerged because the leading voice of the young, rising generation of America's latest ruling dynasty, sending vital signals about who’s in and who’s out of the family's inner circle.

The eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr., who can also be an aspiring college golfer and social media influencer, has been busy sharing family photos and videos since her grandfather's stunning victory over Kamala Harris on November 5.

Judging by these family photos, Kimberly Guilfoyle, her father's longtime fiancée, is the No. 1 one who could be “down” within the Trump family circle. the Daily Beast reported. Meanwhile, Kai Trump has announced that billionaire Elon Musk, who reportedly pumped around $130 million into his grandfather's successful re-election campaign, has achieved this “Uncle status.”

This week on social media: Guilfoyle continued to advertise himself as an ardent Trump loyalist and shared a video of Trump Jr. giving a celebratory interview on Fox News after the election. But for weeks, Guilfoyle, 55, has faced speculation that her relationship with Trump Jr., 46, is troubled following reports in September of his alleged “affair” with one other, younger woman, as reported by the Daily Beast reported.

Trump family watchers noted a distance between Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. on election night as he tried not to face next to her as they joined the remaining of the family and other top Trump supporters on stage in Florida to have fun their patriarch's return to the White House.

In a video, Trump Jr. might be seen changing locations away from Guilfoyle several times before finally deciding to show his back on her. the Daily Beast reported. However, in accordance with one other Daily Beast report, Trump Jr. wasn't the one one who can have tried to avoid Guilfoyle. She appeared to get it too “big side eye” of Kai Trump, one in every of five children Trump Jr. shares together with his ex-wife Vanessa Trump.

According to the Daily Beast, such tension doesn’t bode well for Guilfoyle. If Gulfoyle “hasn't won over her would-be stepdaughter, it could be an uphill battle for her future as Mrs. Don Jr.,” the Daily Beast said.

Two days later, Kai Trump posted a wierd family photo on X – wherein Guilfoyle was not visible. The photo was taken at Mar-a-Lago on election night and the teenager captioned it “the whole bunch.” The photo showed the long run forty seventh president surrounded by all five of his adult children and three of their partners, in addition to Kai and her 4 siblings.

But Guilfoyle was noticeably missing from the “troops” photo. More or less in her place was Vanessa Trump, who stood by her ex-husband and five children.

Melania Trump was also missing from the photo – and doubtless for reasons which may take some time to unravel. However, the photo prominently featured “Uncle” Elon Musk, standing nearby together with his beloved 4-year-old son, X-AE-A12.

On Sunday, Kai Trump shared more behind-the-scenes photos from election night that didn’t include Guilfoyle. She posted on YouTube a video from election night These included scenes of a sublime lounge at her grandfather's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, where the family had gathered to observe election night coverage. At one point within the video, Kai may very well be seen standing together with her father and mother while Trump sat at a table. Barron Trump was also in the image.

Other video clips showed the family coming together to pose for the “Squad” photo with Trump. There was a primary photo of the forty fifth president posing with Trump Jr. and his family, including Vanessa, Kai and their 4 other children. For this photo, the previous real estate mogul and reality TV star insisted that Musk and his “beautiful” son participate on this group photo.

Soon, other relations gathered for an additional group photo, including Barron, Tiffany and her husband, Michael Boulos, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and Eric and Lara Trump. Musk and his son were also there, but again, there have been no signs of Guilfoyle and Melania Trump.

As for Musk, Kai Trump shared a photograph of himself with the Tesla CEO on Sunday. It showed her on a golf course with the X founder and his son, one in every of his eleven children. She captioned It, “Elon achieves uncle status,” with a laughing emoji.

But the status of Trump Jr.'s relationship with Guilfoyle stays a mystery, although a NewsNation report last month said their relationship is “doing well.” The former San Francisco prosecutor and early nemesis of Vice President Harris was a significant fundraiser for Trump — and the president-elect thanked her in his victory speech on the West Palm Beach Convention Center.

Guilfoyle, who can also be the ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, began showing her Republican leanings after she left California in 2004 to pursue a profession as a legal commentator on cable news. Her conservative views appeared to harden when she joined Fox News, and he or she became a full-fledged MAGA supporter when she and Trump Jr. began dating in 2018.

They became a MAGA power couple once they bought a house together in Florida and campaigned for Trump in 2020. Guilfoyle's passion for “all things Trump and Don Jr.” became a big a part of her public persona, the Daily Beast said.

But in September, the pro-Trump Daily Mail reported that Guilfoyle had been “blindsided” by the revelation that her fiancé was “fooling around” with one other woman, a reasonably blonde Palm Beach socialite named Bettina Anderson. Also potentially worrying for Guilfoyle: This “affair” has change into an “open secret” in elite Republican circles in upscale Palm Beach and the encircling area, the Daily Mail also said.

“Kimberly either didn't know about Bettina – or didn't want to know,” an insider told the Daily Mail in September. “Has she heard rumors that Don Jr. was fooling around with someone else? Probably.”

Additionally, Anderson appears to be friends with both Vanessa and Kai Trump. Photos posted online on social media show Anderson and the mother and daughter at an “intimate” gathering of Trump supporters in Florida sometime this summer, the Daily Mail reported.

On the campaign trail, in the weeks following the Daily Mail's report, Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle “kept going – often with tense poses and awkward joint appearances,” the Daily Beast also reported.

Political observers wondered whether the relationship would last beyond the election after photographic evidence emerged of him “making out” with the socialite, according to Puck writer Tara Palmeri on her podcast “Somebody's Gotta Win.”

Guilfoyle has also emerged as a rather “awkward sort of MAGA mistress,” the target of unflattering memes about her looks and her habit of screaming in her speeches, the Daily Beast said.

It probably wouldn't help Guilfoyle if she got on the wrong side of Kai Trump. the Daily Beast also rexported. For one thing, Kai has become a force in her grandfather's political movement, especially after speaking at the Republican National Convention and showing that she has the power to appeal to other young voters and to “humanize” her “normal grandfather.”

On election night, Guilfoyle may have been the only woman in the world darker than Harris—”and all the contours in the world couldn't hide it from her face,” the Daily Beast said. Trump Jr. seemed to make it clear that she was “the odd man out.”

Originally published: November 12, 2024 at 1:45 pm PST