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Don Jr. and Eric Trump Feel Ivanka ‘Betrayed’ The Family With Her Actions Leading Up to Their Father’s Arrest

It seems that Ivanka Trump’s brothers Donald Jr. and Eric are not too happy with her at the moment. They feel as if she has “betrayed” her family in the lead-up to the arrest and arraignment of her father Donald Trump, RadarOnline reports.

It appears that the rift with her older brothers widened after she said she would support her father privately but wasn’t going to join his 2024 presidential campaign after he asked her to back him.

“The result is Ivanka has been declared persona non grata by all the other Trump,” one source said. “And she’s begun to have regrets. She didn’t sign up to be a pariah in her own family!”

Apparently, Don Jr., 45, and Eric, 39, felt she did the wrong thing when she and her husband, Jared Kushner, both 41, voluntarily testified in front of the January 6 congressional committee.

“Donald was furious with Ivanka,” the source said, noting “Donnie and Eric considered her testimony a betrayal.”

But that’s not all, apparently.

“They believe she and Jared have chosen sides — and it ain’t with them. It’s with all their glittery, gala-going friends who don’t happen to like Donald all that much.”

Her father’s legal woes have also put a strain on the couple’s marriage, and the squabble with her brothers is probably not helping.

“Jared is riding high now with the success of his new investment firm, which scored a $2 billion windfall from the Saudis,” the source said. “He doesn’t want to hear Ivanka second-guessing herself over siding with him instead of her family.

And regarding Trump’s legal woes, Jared believes Donald “brought all of these problems upon himself.” (Because he did.)

The source, who knows the situation quite well said Kushner has no regrets. “Jared believes he and Ivanka did the best thing for their own family by turning their backs on his father-in-law,” the friend said.

Trump was arrested and arraigned at New York Criminal Court Tuesday and he plead not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy in connection to hush money payments that were purportedly paid to two women prior to the 2016 election.

Ivanka did show some support, perhaps against her husband’s wishes, by visiting dear old dad at Mar-a-Lago right before heading to New York to surrender himself.

It’s difficult to say how this family drama will play out, but apparently, Ivanka isn’t as sycophantic as her two oldest brothers who continue to kiss up to their father. Who knew Ivanka had a backbone?

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Nicole Hickman James is a lifelong Democrat and political activist who first cut her teeth as a teenager volunteering for Mike Dukakis’ presidential campaign. She has worked and volunteered for John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, HFA (Hillary For America), and Organizing For Action. She’s passionate about liberal and progressive causes and considers President Obama her favorite president ever. She holds her Bachelor’s from Boston College in Economics and her Master's from Columbia, also in Economics. When not working as a writer, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her three college-aged children.

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