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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayIvanka Trump Reveals the Real Reason She Won’t Return for Donald Trump’s Second Presidency
Ivanka Trump is showing her support.
As her dad Donald Trump and J.D. Vance were sworn in as President and Vice President, respectively, on Jan. 20 the 43-year-old, husband Jared Kushner and their kids Arabella, 13, Joseph, 11, and Theodore, 8, watched from inside the U.S. Capitol.
Of course, they were just a few of the many Trump family members—including Trump’s current wife Melania Trump—to see the 78-year-old take the oath of office as 47th President of the United States. His sons Donald Trump Jr, 47, and 41-year-old Eric Trump—whom along with Ivanka the Apprentice alum shared with late ex Ivana Trump—as well as pregnant Tiffany Trump, 31, and Trump's youngest son Barron Trump, 18, made their way inside joined by Tiffany and Eric's respective spouses Michael Boulos and RNC co-chair Lara Trump.
But while Ivanka is no stranger seeing her dad take the oath of office—as he was 45th president before his loss to Joe Biden in 2020—this time she’s not watching as an incoming member of the administration.
Indeed, after hold a senior advisor position during her dad’s first term, Ivanka has previously made clear she will not be returning to the White House for his historic second term. (Trump is only the second president, after Grover Cleveland at the end of the 19th century, to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.)
"The main reason I am not going back to serve now,” on the Jan. 13 episode of The Skinny Confidential’s Him & Her podcast, “is I know the cost and it's a price that I'm not willing to make my kids bear.”
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And as her kids get older, she wants to prioritize time with them.
"My highest most core value is family," Ivanka continued. "And my kids were much younger, so it was easier to not be present. But when you have kids that are teenagers, about to be teenagers, your physical presence matters so much."
That said, after working with her dad during his first term, it cemented that while she enjoyed “policy and impact,” it confirmed politics isn’t he space for her.
“There is a darkness to that world that I don't really want to welcome into mine,’ she noted. “To some degree, I'm at the center of the storm because my father is about to be president. It's a very dark negative. And some people love like the gladiator aspect of it, you know, the fight that, that was never me."
Keep reading to see all the photos from Inauguration Day.
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Barron Trump, Melania Trump & Donald Trump
Take them to church: Barron Trump joined mom Melania Trump (in a coat by American designer Adam Lippes) and his father, president-elect Donald Trump for services at Washington, D.C.'s St. John's Church as part of the 2025 Inauguration Day festivities Jan. 20.
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Ivanka Trump
Incoming first daughter Ivanka Trump also put on her Monday best for the church services.
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Jill Biden, Joe Biden, Donald Trump & Melania Trump
"Welcome home," President Joe Biden said as he and First Lady Jill Biden greeted the Trumps at the White House.
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Usha Vance, Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris & JD Vance
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff were also on hand to welcome incoming VP JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance at the White House.
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Michael Boulous & Tiffany Trump
Pregnant Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos joined her father at the St. John's Church services.
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Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner
Former advisor Ivanka was joined at the services by husband Jared Kushner and their kids Arabella, Joseph and Theodore.
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Elon Musk
Trump pal Elon Musk took in the view as he arrived inside the Capitol Rotunda.
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Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar & Donald Trump
Before delivering her speech, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar led Biden and Trump out of the White House. "While we have major differences of opinions on policy and the like," she said of chairing the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, "I want to make sure this works,” Klobuchar said of the ceremony."
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Eric Adams
New York City mayor Eric Adams worked the room at the Capitol.
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Janet Jones & Wayne Gretzky
Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet Jones were among those who decided to take a shot at watching the inauguration.
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Sundar Pichai & Elon Musk
Tech talk: Tesla CEO Musk socialized with Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Trump's pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy came to watch him get sworn in.
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Mitch McConnell & Elaine Chao
Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell held tight to wife Elaine Chao.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai & Elon Musk
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined Amazon exec Jeff Bezos, his fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Pichai and Musk on the dias at the Capitol.
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Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush & Laura Bush
Among the former presidents and first ladies on hand: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush and Laura Bush.
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George W. Bush, Laura Bush & Barack Obama
With wife Michelle Obama not attending, former president Barack Obama hung with the Bushes.
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Eric Trump, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr.
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Barron Trump
Trump's youngest child—New York University student Barron—traveled to Washington, D.C. to watch him take the oath of office for the second time.
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Christopher Macchio
Opera tenor Christopher Macchio was tapped to sing the National Anthem. "I was looking forward to seeing 100,000 people spread across the National Mall," he acknowledged to the Associated Press ahead of the events. "Unfortunately I won’t be getting that visual while I perform, but it’s still going to be such a tremendous honor."
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Shou Zi Chew
Hours after TikTok went dark (and then restored service) in the United States, CEO Shou Zi Chew turned up at the inauguration.
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Melania Trump & Donald Trump
The president-elect attempted to sneak a kiss under his wife's Eric Javits hat.
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