Ivanka Trump, it’s been reported, wanted her “princess” moment at her father’s 2017 inauguration, with the idea that she and the rest of the Trump family could serve as America’s version of British royalty.
More than six years later, with Donald Trump out of the White House and arraigned Tuesday on federal criminal charges in Miami, Ivanka Trump found other ways to live up to the royal vision and to dress up like a princess — while reportedly keeping her disgraced father at a polite distance.
To host a big, splashy party to celebrate her 11-year-old daughter Arabella’s bat mitzvah, Ivanka Trump wore a version of the sparkling, $5,000 designer gown that Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, donned at one of her most spectacular, high-fashion moments, Page Six and the Daily Mail reported.
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It’s not clear where the bat mitzvah party took place, but photos shared by the former White House senior adviser showed other Trump family members in attendance — Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric and Lara Trump and Tiffany Trump and her new husband, Michael Boulos.
Two prominent relatives were notably absent, at least from Ivanka’s photos: Her father and stepmother, Donald and Melania Trump. Days earlier, Trump had been indicted for the second time, this time by the U.S. Justice Department, charged with hoarding classified government documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Ivanka Trump’s party photos showed that everyone else stuck to an afternoon, garden party dress code — knee-length dresses, suits but generally no ties. She instead went for the total, red-carpet, presidential inauguration-party look, and appears to have sought inspiration from Prince William’s wife, whom she encountered earlier this month at the royal wedding in Jordan.
For her daughter’s party, Ivanka Trump donned a full-length gown that was a pale-blue version of the dazzling gold Jenny Peckham dress that Kate wore to schmooze with Daniel Craig at the 2021 London premiere of the James Bond film, “No Time to Die.”
Kate’s appearance in that stunning caped dress was considered a “wow” moment in the history of royal fashion. Perhaps Ivanka Trump wanted to channel some of that royal glamour. Or maybe she just wanted an over-the-top way to show that she’s a proud mom whose daughter has come of age in Jewish tradition. She also shared a photo of herself laughing with delight, as she was raised in a chair on the dance floor by a group of men, including her brother Don Jr.
La petite-fille de Donald Trump, Arabella Rose Kushner, a célébré sa bat mitzva ce week-end. Sa mère Ivanka Trump a posté de nombreuses photos pour dire mazal tov à sa fille, pic.twitter.com/sSr877v4kH
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Ivanka’s daughter, Arabella, also wore a full-length dress — though only for part of the celebration. The girl’s custom-made tiered party dress appeared to have a removable lower skirt that allowed her to go with a shorter hemline for a portion of the party, Page Six reported.
Arabella’s bat mitzvah took place days after Donald Trump became the first current or former president to face federal criminal charges. Ivanka Trump made a point of letting people know that her father and stepmother hosted a separate birthday party for Arabella weeks earlier at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
From @IvankaTrump’s Instagram page: “Thank you Dad and Melania for throwing Arabella the sweetest birthday dinner at Mar-a-lago a few weeks ago in advance for her Bat Mitzvah!” pic.twitter.com/RbyIpJkIZ6
— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) June 13, 2023
Ivanka Trump also shared photos of Arabella with her other disgraced grandparent, Jared’s father Charles Kushner, who served more than a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign contributions.
It’s been reported that Donald and Melania Trump left Mar-a-Lago and decamped to Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, as is their usual habit during the summer. Last Thursday, Melania Trump was seen entering Trump Tower in Manhattan, hours before news came that Trump was indicted on 37 counts, New York magazine reported. He’s accused of showing off classified information to Mar-a-Lago visitors, haphazardly storing boxes of secret papers around his estate and lying to and obstructing federal investigators.
Trump flew back to Florida Monday evening to be arraigned Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Miami, where he pleaded not guilty. He stayed Monday night at his Doral resort in Miami — not at Mar-a-Lago. Melania Trump didn’t accompany him to his arraignment and was said to have stayed in New York for reasons that are not clear, the New York Times reported.
The former first lady also didn’t accompany Trump to Manhattan in April, when he was arraigned on New York state charges related to his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels and the money paid in 2016 to buy the porn star’s silence.
Anonymous “insiders” have insisted to various publications that Melania’s failure to appear by her husband’s side at his arraignments should not be taken as a snub, New York magazine reported. Page Six said that Melania is nonetheless “standing by her husband.”
“She is used to this,” one insider told the New York Post. Another insider told Page Six: “Melania is standing by her husband, but quietly and privately. … They both knew this — and more — was coming.”
As for Ivanka Trump, she may have been happy to quietly announce that her father hosted a special birthday party for her daughter via a soon-to-be-deleted Instagram Story post. But she will otherwise keep her public association with him to a minimum, reports said. A source told Page Six that she “will be staying far away from daddy.” Another insider also said: “Ivanka has disappeared.”
When Trump was indicted on charges related to the Stormy Daniels, Ivanka made a brief statement saying, “I love my father and I love my country. Today, I am pained for both. I appreciate the voices across the political spectrum expressing support and concern.”
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