Simultaneously, the disappearance of Kushner – once the ringleader of Trump’s policy operations – was also apparent.

“They weren’t around for the usual spring and summer events at Mar-a-Lago,” says one clubgoer and family friend, noting the absence of Trump’s elder daughter and the couple’s three young children. Having spent much of the last five-and-a-half years in close proximity to him, Ivanka Trump and Kushner were rarely seen with him in the months leading up to the former President’s seasonal shift from living at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, to living in a cottage at his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. They described her as having to walk a fine line between embracing her father and distancing herself from his election lies. Ivanka Trump has also struggled to undo the entanglements caused by the years at her father’s side in the White House, as she seeks a less complicated life for her family, according to two acquaintances. The former President has also started to question the role that Kushner – one of the few people who were able to stay close to Trump throughout his two presidential campaigns and White House tenure – has played in his presidential legacy. And while he often has a rotating audience of cheering listeners, the gap between Trump and his daughter and son-in-law grows wider by the week, according to 12 former Trump White House officials, former administration officials, family friends, acquaintances and members of Trump’s team who spoke with CNN about changes to the former President’s current inner circle.Ī large part of the reason for the separation is Trump’s constant harping on the past and his inability to move on. Other times, his frustrations emerge in fits and starts – more likely when he is discussing his hopeful return to national politics. Sometimes the former President complains for several hours about the “stolen” 2020 election. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people who were closest to him during his White House tenure: his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump’s grievances continue unabated.

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