What To Know
- CNN’s Jake Tapper criticized President Trump for attacking the Kennedy household on social media simply hours after the dying of JFK’s granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg.
- Trump’s posts, which didn’t point out Schlossberg’s passing, centered on his controversial transfer so as to add his title to the Kennedy Heart.
- This incident follows earlier backlash in opposition to Trump for making insensitive remarks shortly after director Rob Reiner’s dying.
Jake Tapper has blasted Donald Trump after the president insulted the Kennedy household on Fact Social simply hours after the dying of John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg.
Schlossberg, a former local weather and vitality reporter on the New York Occasions, died on Tuesday, December 30, resulting from an aggressive type of blood most cancers. The 35-year-old was identified with acute myeloid leukemia after her daughter was born in 2024.
The passing had no bearing on Trump’s continued assaults on the Kennedys. The President re-posted a number of messages on Fact Social on Tuesday that aimed on the influential household, together with one which stated, “The Trumps have at all times been supporters of the humanities. The Kennedys are supporters of the Kennedys.”
One other re-shared publish learn, “[The Kennedys] don’t elevate cash for [the Kennedy Center]. They by no means present up. And the one Kennedy who has been there lately is a member of Trump’s cupboard.”
Tapper shared screenshots of Trump’s posts on X, writing, “Within the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy household introduced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from most cancers. A number of hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media rubbish attacking the Kennedy household.”
Within the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy household introduced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from most cancers.
A number of hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media rubbish attacking the Kennedy household. pic.twitter.com/1gRaX8V71y
— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) December 31, 2025
Trump’s posts didn’t reference Schlossberg’s passing; as a substitute, they centered on the continuing drama surrounding the Kennedy Heart. Earlier this yr, after returning to workplace for his second time period, Trump eliminated a number of Kennedy Heart board members, put in new members, and appointed himself as the brand new chair.
The drama kicked up a notch earlier this month when Trump grew to become the primary sitting President to host Kennedy Heart Honors, which coincided with the board voting to rename the enduring venue “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Heart for the Performing Arts.”
Trump’s resolution to insert his personal title into the venue’s title has been met with criticism from many, together with numerous members of the Kennedy household. Others have argued that the President can’t legally change the venue’s title with out Congressional approval.
The President’s newest posts come simply weeks after he confronted backlash for insulting Rob Reiner hours after the director and his spouse have been discovered murdered of their Los Angeles house. Trump’s feedback, which included claims that Reiner was killed for his “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” obtained widespread criticism, even from the likes of standard Trump defenders akin to Scott Jennings and Joe Rogan.
