Florida isn’t simply dwelling to so-called Winter White Home Mar-a-Lago anymore: A brand new era of MAGA offspring can be flocking to the Sunshine State in pursuit of training. Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, introduced Sunday that her son Evan Whitesell has dedicated to enrolling on the College of Miami subsequent fall to check enterprise.
“My coronary heart is bursting,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, sharing a photograph of Whitesell, the son she shares with ex-husband Patrick Whitesell, as a child, sporting a tiny blazer. “Past happy with you. Love you.”
The account @xrdscollegedecisions reshared the photo in their very own grid submit.
Whitesell, who has not publicly made any political leanings recognized, could have a yr to study the ropes earlier than welcoming Donald Trump‘s progeny to campus: Kai Trump, the president-elect’s granddaughter, announced in August via Instagram that she has made a verbal dedication to attend the establishment as a part of their ladies’s golf group. The youthful Trump is simply 17 and a junior in highschool, so she gained’t start courses till Fall 2026.
Kai, who’s the daughter of Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife Vanessa Trump, thanked her dad and mom for his or her help in her athletic journey, in addition to Gramps.
“I want to thank my Grandpa for giving me entry to nice programs and large help,” she wrote as a part of a prolonged Instagram caption about how “tremendous excited” she is to attend the college.
Whereas the Trumps’ attachment to Florida is well-known, Bezos also purchased a few multi-million dollar mansions in Florida’s unique Indian Creek enclave earlier this yr, reportedly with plans for combining and renovating the properties, making him a future neighbor to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Bezos has had one thing of a rocky relationship with Donald Trump up to now: In 2016, earlier than he was elected for the primary time, Trump promised that Amazon would have “problems” below his administration. For his half, Bezos mentioned on the 2016 Vainness Truthful New Institution Summit that Trump’s habits “erodes our democracy” and mentioned that he would reserve a seat for Trump on one in every of his Blue Origin spaceships, in case he’d be open to effing proper off to area.
Then, in 2018, Trump accused Amazon of injuring each the U.S. Postal Service and the nation’s financial system; in 2019, Amazon filed a lawsuit accusing Trump of blocking them from a $10 billion Division of Protection contract and accused him of utilizing “the funds of DOD to pursue his personal private and political ends.” By 2021, a new government contract was inked with Amazon Internet Providers.
Nonetheless, it appears that evidently issues between Trump and Bezos may very well be altering with the daybreak of a second Trump time period. Bezos stirred up controversy forward of the 2024 presidential election when he determined that the Washington Submit wouldn’t endorse a candidate; Bezos tweeted to congratulate Trump on his election win. “No nation has larger alternatives,” he wrote. “Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in main and uniting the America all of us love.”
Bezos has pledged to make a $1 million donation to Trump’s inauguration fund, and at an event last week, Bezos mentioned that he is “really very optimistic this time round.” Trump “appears to have lots of vitality round lowering rules,” he mentioned, and supplied to assist out with that. He shared that he thinks Trump has “grown” within the final eight years. “What I’ve seen up to now is he’s calmer than he was the primary time—extra assured, extra settled,” Bezos said.
He’ll discover out in particular person on Wednesday, when he is scheduled to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. May the Florida solar and their households’ shared future college assist thaw the sometimes-frosty relationship between the 2 forward of Trump’s second time period?
