{"id":138201,"date":"2026-07-03T07:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/138201\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:49:29","slug":"karlie-kloss-makes-rare-comment-on-her-and-husband-josh-kushners-trump-family-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/138201\/","title":{"rendered":"Karlie Kloss makes rare comment on her and husband Josh Kushner&#8217;s Trump family ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karlie Kloss is doubling down on being a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>The model made a rare comment on her husband Josh Kushner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/donald-trump-family-tree\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump family<\/a> ties in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dat7sucxxzU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Originals interview<\/a>, published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Democrat. It\u2019s possible to have relationships with people who you politically don\u2019t align with,\u201d she insisted. \u201cAnd I think this country has always been a place for dialogue. We have to be able to talk to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karlie Kloss (pictured above on June 12) made a rare comment on her and husband Josh Kushner\u2019s ties to the Trump family. karliekloss\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The model\u2019s partner (pictured above in March 2013), notably, is Ivanka Trump\u2019s husband, Jared Kushner\u2019s brother. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old, whose partner\u2019s brother, Jared Kushner, is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2009\/10\/27\/details-from-inside-ivanka-jareds-wedding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">married to President Donald Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka Trump<\/a>, added, \u201cI know who I am. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the values that guide my life and the issues that I care about,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo, you know, I haven\u2019t lost sight of who I am, but also, it\u2019s my husband\u2019s family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the dynamic at family dinners, Kloss pointed out, \u201cWe\u2019re sitting here in St. Louis, which is a blue dot in a red state. Since as long as I can remember, I\u2019ve always been exposed to a lot of different political points of view, and I think that trained me for my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kloss (pictured above on June 23) told Bloomberg Originals on Wednesday that she is a Democrat, adding, \u201cI know who I am.\u201d Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Spotify<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s possible to have relationships with people who you politically don\u2019t align with,\u201d the former Victoria\u2019s Secret Angel (pictured above on June 23) added. Tom Nicholson\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The former Victoria\u2019s Secret Angel also clarified she has \u201cnever met President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks come six years after she told \u201cWatch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen\u201d viewers she \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/01\/17\/karlie-kloss-comments-on-her-marriage-to-joshua-kushner-political-beliefs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">voted as a Democrat<\/a> in 2016 and \u2026 plan[ned] to do the same in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kloss started dating Josh, 41, in 2012, with the couple <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/07\/24\/karlie-kloss-and-josh-kushner-are-engaged\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcing their engagement<\/a> in July 2018.<\/p>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/10\/18\/karlie-kloss-and-josh-kushner-tie-the-knot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tied the knot<\/a> three months later in upstate New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/06\/24\/karlie-kloss-and-josh-kushner-host-second-wedding-celebration-in-wyoming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">followed by a second ceremony<\/a> in Wyoming the following summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince as long as I can remember, I\u2019ve always been exposed to a lot of different political points of view, and I think that trained me for my life,\u201d Kloss (pictured above on June 15) continued. T.JACKSON \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>She clarified she has \u201cnever met President Trump\u201d (pictured above in January 2017). Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jared, 45, and Ivanka, 44, meanwhile, have been married since October 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Josh and Kloss were noticeably <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/01\/18\/karlie-kloss-skips-brother-in-law-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-10th-anniversary-bash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">absent from the couple\u2019s 10th anniversary bash<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent year, Kloss made headlines for taking a swipe at her in-laws after Donald\u2019s supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/07\/dc-protests-how-a-mob-of-rioters-took-the-capitol-by-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stormed the United States Capitol<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>After Kloss tweeted that \u201caccepting the results of a legitimate democratic election is patriotic [and] refusing to do so and inciting violence is anti-American,\u201d a social media user told her to \u201ctell\u201d her family members \u2014 and she replied, \u201cI\u2019ve tried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kloss (pictured above on June 12) wed Josh in 2018. karliekloss\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>By the time Kloss started dating Josh in 2012, Jared was already married to Ivanka (pictured above in January 2025). Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Page Six at the time that Ivanka <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/08\/ivanka-surprised-and-hurt-by-karlie-kloss-tweets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was \u201csurprised and hurt\u201d<\/a> \u2014 but the pair <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/03\/13\/celebrity-news\/ivanka-trump-karlie-kloss-try-to-end-rift-rumors-family\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had a \u201cgood relationship\u201d<\/a> by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>They are not \u201cbest friends\u201d but do \u201cget along,\u201d an insider shared with us at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The duo most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/19\/celebrity-news\/ivanka-trump-and-karlie-kloss-seen-in-good-spirits-at-costa-rica-family-vacation-despite-rumored-feud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">put on a united front<\/a> in April 2025 during a family vacation in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karlie Kloss is doubling down on being a Democrat. The model made a rare comment on her husband&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[975,109,64528,1657,110,12,105,2452,66347,3869,5572,51,74,5182],"class_list":["post-138201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ivanka-trump","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-ivanka-trump","tag-jared-kushner","tag-josh-kushner","tag-karlie-kloss","tag-models","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-us-presidents"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116854951952061006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}