Amid all that politicking, Trump, 73,paused to wishthe U.S. Navy a happy 244th birthday.
Youngest daughterTiffany Trump, however, received no such well-wishes even though she turned 26 on Sunday.
The absence was more conspicuous as others in the family sent their love, includingIvanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and a senior White House aide.
Her sister-in-law,Lara Trump, alsoposted a happy birthday message. (The two, born one day and 11 years apart, are “almost birthday twins,” Lara wrote.)
“Today we celebrate the gift of you! Your sparkle & joy lights up the world!” Maples, 55, wrotein an Instagram postalong with a photo of Tiffany as a little girl. “Your mom loves you to eternity and back again.”
Tiffany, in contrast to her older siblings, has played a limited role in her father’s presidential career. (She is in her last year of law school at Georgetown University.) She and her dad have a strained past, PEOPLE previously reported.
Tiffany Trump (right) with her family in 2016.Fred Watkins/ABC via Getty Images
“Since the inauguration, Tiffany and her father have sometimes gone for months without speaking and she went a very long time without seeing him,” a source close to hertold PEOPLE in April 2018. “The last time she was at a family function with him, it was awkward for her and she didn’t feel totally welcome.”
Spokespeople for the White House and Trump family did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Earlier this year, the president’s personal assistant was ousted from the White Houseafter she spoke indiscreetly about Tiffanywhile having dinner with several reporters.
AccordingtoPolitico, the assistant said she felt she had a stronger relationship with President Trump than Tiffany or Ivanka — and that the president thought Tiffany was overweight and didn’t like being photographed with her because of that.
Asked later if this was true, the president said, “Oh, no. No. Tiffany is great. I love Tiffany.”
Separately,Politicoreported in Julythat Tiffany was “not expected to play any role in the campaign, apart from appearing at the occasional event.”
source: people.com
