Last 12 months, Donald Trump Jr.'s longtime fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle was his proud date at Donald Trump's annual Christmas party at Mar-a-Lago.
This 12 months, Guilfoyle was replaced at Mar-a-Lago's holiday festivities by Trump Jr.'s latest girlfriend, Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson. reported the Daily Mail.
Unfortunately for the brand new lovers, some Trump family allies and insiders should not joyful about Anderson's rapid rise into the family circle, because the Daily Mail also reports. The 37-year-old model and influencer was photographed sitting next to Trump Jr. on the Christmas Eve dinner table, near the president-elect and his wife Melania Trump. Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children also attended the Christmas dinner. Page Six reports.
Some of the allies and insiders have told the Daily Mail that Anderson “isn't MAGA enough,” while two friends of Trump Jr. expressed concern that she is basically a shallow influencer and “social climber” who’s using Trump's eldest son to pursue a good richer and more powerful romantic goal pay money for – someone like billionaire Elon Musk.
“It's one thing to worry about Palm Beach shenanigans stopping at Mar-a-Lago,” a source near the Trump transition team told the Daily Mail. “But allowing these problems to reach the White House is a new level of trouble.”
The source appears to be referring to what the Daily Mail said was an “open secret” bubbling in Palm Beach circles within the late summer and fall – how 46-year-old Trump Jr. had begun “fooling around” with the younger Anderson. . , even while he was still engaged to 55-year-old Guilfoyle, a MAGA hotshot and top Trump campaign fundraiser. Rumors about Trump Jr.'s affair with Anderson began in September when pictures surfaced of the couple kissing and cuddling while eating at a restaurant near Mar-a-Lago.
Earlier this month, Trump Jr.'s relationship with 37-year-old Anderson gained public attention after Trump announced he was naming Guilfoyle his ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle's nomination was seen by some political observers as a way for Trump to reward the previous Fox News host for her political loyalty while pushing her out of his “immediate sphere” and sending her to Europe so his son could openly pursue his latest profession Relationship with Anderson.
At the time, sources near Trump Jr. told People that he had grown bored with his six-year relationship with Guilfoyle, the previous first lady of San Francisco and ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who became a Trump supporter. For one thing, Trump Jr. didn't like Guilfoyle's “style,” including her “tight clothes.” He felt that Anderson, along with her honey blonde hair and “Waspy” model looks, would “impress” his father and maybe make her a more ideal romantic partner.
“Don Jr. always wanted to look good in his father’s eyes,” the political source told People. Apparently, Anderson's more natural, fun-loving style was also more in line with Trump Jr.'s tastes lately, particularly because he realized she could turn out to be his “own equivalent of Melania Trump,” a source told People.
“She's a party girl and outgoing, and Don loves her,” a Palm Beach source told People.
“Bettina is smart, sexy and smart and knows it. She likes to have fun,” one other source added. “Who knows what, if anything, will come of it.”
Trump members of the family also had enough of Guilfoyle's attention-grabbing ways. Sources told People and the Daily Mail that they assumed Guilfoyle knew about Trump Jr.'s affair with Anderson but decided to ” to look away because she loves the power and the lifestyle”.
When Trump Jr. felt he might abandon his public association with Guilfoyle, he began “flaunting” his romance with Anderson and was photographed holding hands with her during a dinner with her in Palm Beach in December, reported the Daily Mail. After Trump announced plans to send Guilfoyle to Greece, Trump Jr. and Anderson flew to Italy for a romantic getaway, the Daily Mail reported. Anderson also publicly posted photos of love letters and flowers that Trump Jr. sent her and openly documented her European vacation.
Someone described as a “close, personal friend” of Trump Jr. told the Daily Mail that he was not worried about Anderson. He said he expected there would be “gossip and nonsense, simply because that's form of the world of Palm Beach and, , the universe that they live in.” If Trump Jr. has heard concerns about Anderson he didn't inform this friend about it, according to the Daily Mail.
Stacey Bendet, a fashion designer and close friend of Anderson, expressed dismay that her friend had become the target of rising star rumors.
“I've been friends with Bettina for a decade, she's the kindest soul, she has the biggest heart, she's funny and wise, incredibly funny and an Ivy League graduate – anyone who says one word different is just another societal example of this. “Women focused on empowering competing verses,” Alice + Olivia CEO Bendet said in a text to the Daily Mail.
Anderson has been spotted at Alice + Olivia events over the years, the Daily Mail reported. Bendet added in her text, “Don loves her for good reasons!”
However, some Trump family allies feel very differently about Anderson and are “doing every little thing they’ll” to get Trump Jr. to end their relationship, the Daily Mail reported. Someone who has worked for the Trump campaign for the past five years told the Daily Mail that Trump Jr. is “slowly” starting to “get up” to how Anderson is perceived in MAGA circles.
Allies are questioning her MAGA loyalties because she has previously supported the Black Lives Matters movement and adhered to COVID-19 lockdown rules, the Daily Mail reported.
But they also wonder about her “infamous repute as a Palm Beach party girl,” which they feel is somehow not “sophisticated enough” to be associated with the Trump family, the Daily Mail also said.
Someone who works in the modeling business and has known Anderson for years speculated to the Daily Mail that she is using Trump Jr. as a springboard and would rather date someone like Musk. People who knew Anderson in Palm Beach also told the Daily Mail that she regularly dated wealthy older men.
Although Musk is already the richest man in the world, he is likely to gain even more power in the new Trump administration, critics of both Musk and Trump say. These critics point out that the billionaire SpaceX founder donated a minimum of 1 / 4 of a billion dollars to support Trump's campaign, and he has been rewarded for being a daily presence at Trump's side since his Nov. 5 victory. Musk is now poised to steer the brand new DOGE agency, whose purported mission is to dramatically reduce federal government spending and “waste.”
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