'I know the cost': Ivanka reveals why she won't return to the White House for a second Trump term
Ivanka Trump is distancing herself and her young family from the world of politics.
As her father, Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony approaches, the President-Elect's eldest daughter confessed that she will not be staying at the White House for his second presidential term.
Speaking with Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick on an episode of the Skinny Confidential podcast Him & Her Show, Ivanka revealed that she made the decision for the sake of her children.
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Ivanka shared that she made the decision to live outside of the White House for the sake of her children. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images via CNN
"I know the cost," she admitted, "and it's a price that I'm not willing to make my kids bear."
The 43-year-old shares daughter Arabella Kushner, 13, and sons Joseph Kushner, 10, and Theodore Kushner, eight, with her husband Jared Kushner.
Ivanka previously held a senior advisory role during her father's first presidency from 2017 to 2021 and supported him on the campaign trail.
A sacrifice many working mothers make, Ivanka detailed she had missed out on countless precious moments with her children due to her job.
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"I will never let this happen again the minute I leave the White House." John Lamparski/Getty Images via CNN Newsource
"It's hard. I mean, I did the best I could… Every time I had to miss something," she explained, "I'm like, 'I will never let this happen again the minute I leave the White House'."
The former advisor to the president of the United States confessed that spending more time with her family played a prominent role in her decision. She also shared that she doesn't like politics.
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"There is a darkness to that world that I don't really want to welcome into mine," she said. "It's a very dark, negative business."
"I love policy and impact. I hate politics. And unfortunately, the two are not separable," Ivanka added.
Melania Trump also recently explained where she and Barron will live during husband Donald's second term.
Melania, 54, told Fox & Friends she will be based in the White House in Washington DC and visit the couple's other homes around the country as needed.
"I will be in the White House, and when I need to be in New York, I will be in New York, when I need to be in Palm Beach I'll be in Palm Beach, but my first priority is to be a mum, to be First Lady, to be a wife, and once we are in on January 20 to serve the country," she said.
Trump's son Barron will also be based in New York while he studies at university. Getty
Son Barron, 18, currently attends New York University's Stern School of Business and so will remain at the family's Trump Tower home.
"I think he will come and visit, yes," Melania said, adding that he is more than welcome to bring his friends too.
"Yeah, whatever he would like to do," she said.
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