Is he still her bodyguard or is it something else?
Vanessa Trump was spotted driving in Florida with the same man who served as her security detail when her father-in-law was in the White House.
Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife, 46, was photographed leaving the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Tuesday with a very familiar male companion in the passenger seat of her SUV.
The couple was joined by their 12-year-old son Tristan, who was traveling in the back seat of the vehicle, exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show.
Dressed casually in a gray hoodie, mirrored aviator glasses and her blonde hair tied back, the mother of five seemed in good spirits as she left the property.
Vanessa Trump, 46, was accompanied by a former Secret Service agent while driving in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show.
The male companion, who had been photographed alongside other Secret Service agents at several events during Trump’s term, appears to have maintained a relationship with Vanessa in the years following his departure from the White House.
Dressed casually in a gray hoodie, mirrored aviator glasses and her blonde hair tied back, the mother of five seemed in good spirits as she left the property.
The security guard can be seen in the background of photos from several public events at the White House during Trump’s term. He is pictured standing on the South Lawn during the 2017 annual East Egg Roll with Melania Trump.
Vanessa was married to the president’s eldest son, Don Jr., 46, since 2005 before filing for an “uncontested” divorce in 2018.
Her male passenger matched his casual style in a gray camouflage hoodie and a black baseball cap, a much more casual look than the black suit and tie he had worn to work at the White House during Trump’s presidency. .
The mystery man, whose name has not been made public, had been photographed alongside other Secret Service agents at several public events during Trump’s term and appears to have maintained a relationship with Vanessa after the president left office.
The two were last seen together publicly three years ago, when they were photographed leaving Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach in his car.
It is unknown if he has continued to provide protection to Vanessa over the past four years or if their relationship has developed into something more.
As the ex-wife of a former president’s son, Vanessa is not entitled to Secret Service protection; However, it is possible that she or her ex-husband may have invested in hiring a security team for her five children.
But it’s also not unlikely that the two would be together romantically, as Vanessa was once rumored to be dating a former Secret Service agent after their divorce in 2018.
Vanessa was married to the president’s eldest son, Don Jr., 46, since 2005 before filing for an “uncontested” divorce in 2018.
Her male passenger matched his casual style in a gray camouflage hoodie and a black baseball cap, a much more casual look than the black suit and tie he had worn to work at the White House.
The couple was joined by their 12-year-old son Tristan, who was traveling in the back seat of the vehicle.
The two were last seen together publicly three years ago, when they were photographed leaving Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach in his car.
It is unknown if the former Secret Service agent has continued to provide private protection to Vanessa over the past four years or if their relationship has developed into something more.
But it wasn’t until Trump left the Oval Office in 2021 that claims emerged that she had dated one of the agents who had been assigned to the family at some point during the president’s term.
In the 2021 book, Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carol Leonnig claimed that Secret Service agents had reported on the relationship between Vanessa and the unnamed agent.
But the agent faced no discipline because neither he nor the Secret Service were Vanessa’s official guardians at the time, according to the book.
It is unclear when the alleged tryst is said to have taken place.
In 2017, Don Jr. allegedly asked to have 24-hour Secret Service protection removed from him and his family because they wanted more privacy.
The couple married at Mar-a-Lago in 2005 and welcomed their first child, Kai, in 2007.
They went on to have four more children together.
The security guard can be seen in the background of photos from several public events at the White House during Trump’s term. He is pictured standing on the South Lawn during the 2017 annual East Egg Roll with Melania Trump.
epa05912581 First Lady Melania Trump walks toward the White House residence after reading Party Animals to children during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA. , April 17, 2017. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host thousands during the annual Easter celebration. EPA/SHAWN THEW
Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump and Melania Trump at the 2011 Annual Dressed To Kilt Charity Fashion Show in New York
Speculation began to arise that a split was on the cards some time before Vanessa filed for divorce.
Page Six reported at the time that Vanessa had been consulting divorce lawyers even before Trump entered the White House, and inside sources said they had been living separate lives for some time.
Things reportedly got worse after he took office and the family became more of a focus.
According to the book, Don Jr.’s ex-wife was not the only member of the Trump family to approach a Secret Service agent while enjoying taxpayer-funded protection.
Tiffany Trump, the president’s only daughter with second wife Marla Maples, reportedly “began spending an unusual amount of time alone with a Secret Service agent on her team” after breaking up with a boyfriend.
The book says that both Tiffany and the unnamed agent denied there was anything between them, but the agent was later reassigned to another position.