Donald Trump turned from President to doting grandfather in a new video filmed by his teenage granddaughter Kai, where they played a round of golf together.
Kai welcomed the President onto her popular YouTube channel where they teamed up at his Trump National course in DC along the Potomac river, a little over 25 miles from the White House.
And during the President’s favorite pastime, he opened up to Kai, 18, about life as the most powerful man in the land. He spoke about stopping the Russia-Ukraine war, his son Barron and how life has changed since returning to the White House.
‘Most people know him as the 45th and 47th President… but to me he is just my granpa,’ Kai said as she introduced Trump. ‘This is a really special video and I hope you guys enjoy.’
After greeting Trump on the range for a warmup, Kai was left surprised at how much security the President had with him and how they didn’t speak when the President waved and thanked them.
‘Look at these guys,’ Trump said as he drove past in a golf buggy, before Kai asked if they were allowed to talk back to him. ‘They don’t respond.
Donald Trump joined grandaughter Kai for a round of golf on her Youtube channel
Trump opened up about life in the Oval Office across the course of their round near DC
‘They sort of are supposed to focus on what they are doing, which is keeping us safe, right?’
Later in their round, as Kai was surprised to see security lining a path between holes, she joked that her grandfather had had some ‘lucky escapes’ – seemingly joking about two assasinations attempts on his life.
Trump was shot in the ear at a rally in July 2024 in the runup to last year’s election in Pennsylvania. A second attempt on his life was later foiled when a secret service agent found Ryan Routh hiding in shrubbery near Trump International golf club in West Palm Beach last year.
‘Wow, they make sure the security is all down the line,’ Kai said. ‘You’ve had too many close calls!’
Trump chuckled and replied: ‘I had too many close calls, that’s true honey.’
Kai asked her grandfather how he has enjoyed his return to the Oval Office and Trump didn’t miss a chance to celebrate his successes inside his first year back.
‘It has been great, I’ve had a good time,’ Trump said. ‘I’ve stopped seven wars. Seven. Hopefully we get Putin and Zelensky to stop killing everybody. It has been very good, the economy has been great.’
Trump now counts a tally of eight wars that he has brought an end to after ushering in the beginning of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas – his time with Kai was filmed before that agreement was struck. Ukraine and Russia, he has said, would now be number nine on his list, should he manage to get it done.
Kai, 18, is also a keen golfer and has committed to playing at the University of Miami
Trump told Kai about his 19-year-old son, Barron, who he said is ‘cute’ and ‘a good boy’
Conversation quickly switched to Trump’s youngest son, Barron, who is currently studying in New York.
‘He’s doing good, he’s a good boy. He loves you,’ Trump said, before mimicking a child’s voice and saying: ‘He said “say hello to Kai, Dad”‘.
‘I said “Barron, why don’t you come out and watch?”. He said no, he’s so cute. He starts (school) again on Tuesday. He’s a good boy.’
Their chat otherwise remained on golf, with Trump telling Kai that Tiger Woods once told him that Rory McIlroy is the best hitter of a ball that he had ever seen.
Woods, of course, is now dating Kai’s mother, Vanessa. Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr had Kai together in 2007 but split up in March 2018.
Trump also told Kai he needs to stop Vladimiar Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky ‘killing everyone’
Tiger is good friends with the President and played a round with him back in February – the same day Trump traveled to New Orleans to become the first sitting President to attend a Super Bowl.
Kai is forging a career as a distinguished golfer in her own right and is attending the University of Miami to compete there later this year.
The President also took Kai with him to the Ryder Cup in Long Island in late September, with the duo flying up from the White House for one of the biggest events in the golfing calendar.
