by - Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have apparently distanced themselves from her father, Donald Trump.
- Mary Trump told MSNBC they are turning away from him because he is “losing value.”
- Trump’s granddaughter said the couple “don’t need” the former president like they used to.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have cut ties with former President Donald Trump because “he’s losing value” and they no longer need him, her niece told MSNBC Sunday.
Mary Trump, a longtime critic of her uncle, told MSNBC that Trump’s eldest daughter and her husband are publicly walking away from politics because “they’ve finally realized that they make more money by staying away from Donald than staying aligned with him.”
“Donald is definitely losing value in terms of the party and in terms of politics in general,” he added. “And Ivanka and Jared are legitimately wealthy people apart from whatever Donald is doing, so they don’t need him to the same extent that they might have.”
Mary Trump also said the couple, who both served as Trump’s unpaid senior advisors during his administration, understood their association with the former president “has harmed them, at least socially.”
He added, “It’s the same with most of Donald’s inner circle: There’s always a transactional calculation being made, and a lot of people are calculating that it’s just not worth it to them anymore.”
Trump’s eldest daughter was noticeably absent from the launch of her father’s presidential campaign on Nov. 15. Kushner was in attendance.
In a statement released the same day, he said he loves his father “very much” but has no plans to stay in the political arena any longer.
Since then, the couple seems to prioritize their personal lives, traveling to Egypt with their three children and participate in the World Cup in Qatar.
An unnamed source told the New York Post last month that Trump’s eldest daughter “hated all the criticism and threats” that came with politics, and was “unhappy with how many of their friends turned away from him.”
Mary Trump’s comments come as the former president appears to be losing his grip on the Republican Party after many of the candidates he supported did poorly in the November midterm elections.
Their failures prompted a number of prominent Republicans and conservative critics to question Trump’s effectiveness as a political leader, with some advancing the idea of new leadership in the GOP.
Mary Trump, who has long been estranged from the former president, released a book last year called “The Reckoning: America’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal.”
Trump has repeatedly attacked his niece’s comments in the past, suggesting she is biased towards him.
