Trump, his sons and their significants commented. First lady Melania Trump kept quiet.
Former President Donald Trump spoke, as did sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and their significant others. But Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump? They were silent on X, formerly Twitter, right after news broke late Thursday afternoon of the New York jury's conviction of the former president on all 34 criminal charges.
The former first lady and Ivanka, Trump's oldest daughter and one of his closest White House advisers, also did not attend any of the trial's courtroom dates. On Thursday, however, Ivanka issued a statement of support on Instagram in which she wrote "I love you dad" on a photo of her, as a young child, with her father.
The GOP presidential nominee's two sons and his youngest daughter, Tiffany, and her husband, Michael Boulos, did sit in on the trial during sessions over the last several weeks.
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After the jury's decision was revealed, Don Jr. issued a series of strident tweets and retweets, saying in one social media post that the verdict is tantamount to what "a 3rd world Banana Republic looks like." His younger brother Eric claimed "May 30th, 2024 might be remembered as the day Donald J. Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election" in a missive on X.
His wife, Lara, who is vice chair of the Republican National Committee, quoted from a Trump rally speech in a tweet that read: "They’re not coming after me, they’re coming after you, I’m just in the way.” And Don Jr.'s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle echoed the former president's vow outside the courtroom in writing that the "only verdict that matters is at the ballot box on November 5th."
Antonio Fins is a politics and business editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at [email protected]. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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