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