{"id":274378,"date":"2026-05-17T18:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274378\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:45:26","slug":"donald-trump-jr-under-fire-for-post-about-daughters-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274378\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Jr. under fire for post about daughter\u2019s birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7bb3af63-cf86-4b7e-93a2-d26c85cce813.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Donald Trump Jr.\" alt=\"Donald Trump Jr.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n<p>                Chip Somodevilla<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t please all of the people all of the time on the Internet. Especially if you\u2019re from a polarizing political family.<\/p>\n<p>But Donald Trump Jr. isn\u2019t backing down after online backlash over an ode to his eldest daughter.<\/p>\n<p>For Kai Trump\u2019s 19th birthday on Tuesday, President Donald Trump\u2019s namesake shared a carousel of snaps with the incoming University of Miami freshman.<\/p>\n<p>Among the pictures are Kai posing with her friends and family, including her mom, his ex Vanessa Haydon; her late grandmother Ivana Trump; as well as with her grandfather, during his first term. The golfing phenom is also seen at the podium speaking at the Republican National Convention in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love you and continue to be amazed at the woman you\u2019re becoming,\u201d wrote the \u201cTriggered\u201d author.<\/p>\n<p>The post racked up almost 4,000 comments, an even dose of best wishes and personal attacks, which we won\u2019t reshare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, so much hate mail over simple Happy Birthday wishes,\u201d wrote someone regarding the trolls. \u201cPeople are crazy, everything has its place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Jr\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Bettina Anderson also popped up in the comments section. Instead of wishing Kai well, the Palm Beach socialite, 39, threw some flirtatious shade at her husband to be: \u201cI can\u2019t believe you have a kid in college!\u201d followed by a grandpa emoji, a wink and kisses.<\/p>\n<p>The divorced father of five, 48, responded, \u201cI\u2019m an old man, babe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But not to worry. The wedding is apparently still on, and the banter is playful. Despite a rumor that Jr. and Anderson were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/miami-com-news\/article315584085.html\">postponing the nuptials<\/a> until the conflict in Iran is over, the former \u201cApprentice\u201d star shot that down on X after the story went viral: \u201cNews to me,\u201d he wrote<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644725\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778807469_881_headshot.PNG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Madeleine Marr\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644725\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madeleine Marr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Celebrity\/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper\u2019s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Jr. Chip Somodevilla Getty Images You can\u2019t please all of the people all of the time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-274378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}