A place where masks were not nearly as welcome as MAGA hats. People had fled the city for greener pastures during the pandemic, and the ultrarich had beat a path to South Florida, seeking refuge from lockdowns and income taxes. It was a precarious time in Manhattan for everyone, not just the Kushners, at that moment. The Trump-Kushners knew they were getting kicked out of DC-though they did not publicly acknowledge the fallacy of “the big lie” until she was interviewed by the January 6th committee-and they knew they were not going back to their old life in New York City. Donald Trump was dug deeply into his election denial by then, helping hatch a plot to stay in the White House. So it was no surprise when reports surfaced in early December 2020 that the Kushners were eyeing a $32 million plot of land on the high-security, even higher net-worth-populated Indian Creek Island owned by Julio Iglesias. They both wound up testifying in front of a handful of congressional committees-including the January 6th investigation-about what they knew regarding myriad Trump-related misdeeds. Kushner put his investments in a trust, run by his brother and mom. Ivanka had to shutter her line over ethics concerns. In the process, most of their former acquaintances not only distanced themselves, but publicly registered disdain for what the couple became part of. They gave up their spot on that circuit as soon as Trump won. They were really very rich and very pretty and very much on their way, even if that way was more of a gilded loop through Park Avenue galas, North Jersey golf, Southampton summers, and yachts on the Mediterranean and back again, ad infinitum. They were in love and invited to the Met Ball. Kushner was toiling away at his family’s real estate firm while piddling around with the institution that was The New York Observer. Ivanka had her own fashion brand, plus a role alongside her father at his company and on The Apprentice. ![]() It’s not a crazy question, considering the lush life they left before, and what they reaped for it. Ivanka, Jared: Pichichipixx / SplashNews Apartment: Mega.
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