Aged 17, the president-elect's granddaughter immortalized the election night of November 5 from the family home in Florida. She shared her doubts, then her moments of joy as the good results came for her grandfather.
An election seen from the inside. This Monday, November 11, Kai Trump, granddaughter of President-elect Donald Trump, posted a ten-minute vlog on her YouTube page retracing the evening of November 5, the day of the American presidential election.
Aged 17, the daughter of Donald Trump Junior and Vanessa Trump documented the family moments leading up to her grandfather's victory at the latter's villa in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. To date, the video has 1.3 million views.
“Ready to party”
The video begins with the young woman having her makeup and hair done for the special occasion, before donning a black dress and gold heels.
“I haven't seen my grandpa in a while because he's out campaigning. I'm super excited to see him again. He calls me almost every other day. I'm ready to party tonight and I hope we win, fingers crossed,” she said.
Throughout the video, several moments of the Trump family's life are immortalized, including a group photo, joined by billionaire Elon Musk, but also several sequences where members of the Trump clan are seated on sofas facing each other. several television screens.
“I think he's going to do something extraordinary for this country. He works so hard and I don't know anyone who is more hard-working and more motivated than him,” Kai Trump rejoices as the results from different states are released. broadcast.
Visibly stressed at the start of the vlog, Kai Trump seems to relax as the evening progresses and the results favor her grandfather.
“Really special moment”
Finally, the video seems to cut a few minutes before Donald Trump speaks, during which he claimed his victory even though the counts were not finished across the country.
Sitting in a car in a sequence filmed a few days later, the young woman points out that she was not able to film the end of the evening because “we were just celebrating as a family.”
“It was a really special moment for all of us. I'm extremely proud of him, I think he deserves it more than anyone in the world,” adds the woman who admits to bursting into tears when Donald's victory was announced. Trump in Pennsylvania, a decisive key state in the election.
In closing, Kai Trump called his grandfather “an incredible and unique person” who “fights for America every day.”
“It’s really motivating to see that every day and to have that as a role model. When I grow up, I just want to be like him and fight like him,” she finishes.