The Truth About Tiffany Trump's Relationship With Her Brothers

The bond between sisters is a strong one. That's why most of what we've heard about Tiffany Trump's relationship with her siblings, who grew on another coast, have been about her and Ivanka Trump. But the youngest Trump daughter and Georgetown Law grad has two older brothers too, as well as a younger brother in Barron Trump. So what do we know about Tiffany's relationship with her brothers? 

Tiffany has been photographed in public with her brothers more than ever before since their father moved into the White House. But are they friends? Do they fight all the time? Do they draw imaginary lines in the back of Air Force One and say, "Whatever you put on this side of the line is MINE!" We took a look at the times Tiffany and her brothers have crossed paths in the media and found the siblings may get along better than some people think.

The Trumps are not the first family to squabble over a big inheritance, but they might be the first one to have it discussed on The Howard Stern Show. When Donald Trump appeared on the shock jock's program back in 2005, host Howard Stern asked him if his kids were trying to "bump off" Tiffany Trump, according to tapes obtained by Newsweek.

Donald dodged the question until Stern finally cornered him, as noted by People, saying, "Tell the truth, though." Donald responded, "Yes." Earlier in the interview, Donald made the point that every time he has another child the inheritance goes down by 20 percent, so, of course, his kids would get upset. Only Donald Jr. and Ivanka were mentioned during the interview, so no word on if Eric had tried to have his younger sister disinherited. Donald did deny, however, that Tiffany had put a "hit" out on Melania Trump's then-unborn baby, Barron. Though Donald did say, "Well, you know, it does cut up the pie as you keep producing." Which might imply some financially induced resentment from Tiffany's older brothers.

Long before Tiffany Trump's day-drinking 27th birthday escapade in Miami made Page Six headlines, her reputation for enjoying adult beverages during the daylight was comic fodder. At least it was for her brother Eric Trump, who appeared on Fox News in 2019 to defend a lawsuit his family had filed to stop a congressional subpoena of Trump family financial records.

Eric said the request was overreaching and an invasion of privacy, claiming congress was asking for trivial things like his bank records and documentation of how much his wife spent on baby formula. But Eric insisted the prying wasn't limited to himself. "I want to know how many beers Tiffany had on Friday afternoon in Georgetown," People reported Eric saying, jesting at the ridiculousness of Congress' requests. "I mean, these are literally the things they're asking for."

In May 2020, Tiffany graduated Georgetown University, where she was a student at the time of the interview. No record of a congressional request for her bar tabs has been confirmed, and the joke may be more of a dig at Congress than his little sister's drinking habits. Still, we wonder how she felt about them.

Though her brothers didn't necessarily flock back to New York to work in the Trump real estate empire after college, Tiffany Trump has shown interest in joining the family business. Donald Trump Jr., according to Vanity Fair, moved out to Colorado and lived out of the back of a truck before returning to New York in 2001 to join the Trump Organization. He and brother Eric Trump now head the business. And Tiffany may be joining them sooner rather than later. 

During a 2016 interview with ABC News, which the older Trump brothers were also part of, George Stephanopoulos asked Tiffany if she was planning to work with her family. She responded, "Of course, I'm interested. I think — I'm applying to law school though so I like to bring — a different kinda skill set to the company."

President Donald Trump seems excited at the prospect. "Just what I need is a lawyer in the family," he jokingly tweeted out when congratulating Tiffany on her Georgetown Law graduation in May 2020. With all of them working together, perhaps Tiffany and her brothers can forge the relationship they never had growing up.

During a 2016 60 Minutes interview with the Trump family, the elder children had clearly defined roles as members of the Trump transition team, whereas Tiffany Trump didn't say much. But the Trump kids would contribute toward their father's 2020 reelection bid years later. All the adult Trump children gave speeches at 2020's Republican National Convention, but outside the RNC, they've had decidedly different styles of campaigning for their dad. 

The tune was a little different by 2020, though, when Tiffany received great praise from some in the conservative media. The Washington Examiner trumpeted, "Tiffany Trump makes a much better case for the president than her brothers do" after her RNC speech. The Examiner pointed to Tiffany's appeal to women, especially suburban women from places like Calabasas, as far more relatable than her older brothers. And while the elder Trumps' speeches "fanned the flames of the culture war," Tiffany focused on the president's accomplishments and American values. This, the paper said, gave her wider appeal for those outside Donald Trump's traditional base. This may signal a greater role for Tiffany moving forward and, possibly, working more closely with her older brothers.

A 2018 People profile told the story of Tiffany Trump growing up in Calabasas, Calif., with only limited opportunities to visit her older siblings in New York. But as she's gotten older, Tiffany spends more time at Mar-a-Lago and at the White House. This also means more time with her brothers Eric and Donald Jr. In 2018, Page Six reported her spending Thanksgiving in Palm Beach with her family, introducing her new boyfriend during the holidays.

"Tiffany goes to the White House for holidays," an unnamed source said in the People profile. It went on to detail Tiffany's holiday trips since her father assumed the presidency, including Easter egg rolls, family dinners, tree-lighting ceremonies, and turkey pardoning. It painted them all as family affairs, where Tiffany was fully included. Most notably, Tiffany spent Christmas 2017 at Mar-a-Lago, where she controversially tweeted a video of herself and sister Ivanka lounging by the pool in bikinis. While people may not have liked seeing the first daughters in swimsuits, at least the two were spending quality time together! Hopefully, Tiffany and her brothers hung out too.

Body language experts took deep dives into how Tiffany Trump presented herself during her speech at the Republican National Convention in August 2020. But take a look at some of the snippets in the video, and you'll see Tiffany walking in behind her older brothers and just in front of younger brother Barron Trump.

Could they simply be lined up in order of age? Or does this formation say more? In an Elite Daily analysis of the Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony, body language expert Dr. Lillian Glass remarked on Tiffany's tendency to stand in the back. Speaking of Tiffany's relationship with Ivanka Trump, Glass said, "There is genuine respect ... Tiffany stays in the background ... once again knowing she is not out front and center." This body language could translate to her body language with her brothers too, meaning she knows to stand back from them in official situations.