Kai Trump and President Donald Trump outside the White House on September 6, 2025 (Molly Riley, The White House/Flickr)
As the granddaughter of President Donald Trump and daughter of Donald Trump Jr., 18-year-old Kai Trump enjoys full U.S. Secret Service protection when she's out in public. Now, Kai Trump is drawing strong criticism for publicizing a TikTok video and a shopping spree at a time when the United States is at war with Iran.
A video posted on TikTok shows Kai Trump with jets in the background while the words "she does what she wants and she looks cool doing it" are heard over music. Another video, posted on YouTube, shows her in the upscale Los Angeles grocery store Erewhon. And her activities are generating a lot of comments on X, formerly Twitter.
The Russian government-owned RT tweeted, "Kai Trump SLAMMED online for 'out of touch' TikTok featuring war machines 'She does what she wants & she looks cool doing it' How cool is war?"
Wayne Waldrop, CEO of Bloom Wave Digital Marketing, disagreed with the argument that "Kai is off limits."
Waldrop posted, "Kai Trump made herself not off limits the second she decided to post content aura farming in front of military aircrafts. She is a grown adult and she should fight in her Grandpa's war if she supports it so much and thinks it is so cool. Why do American lives have to be lost while they smile and film the behind the scenes? Also, she could have at least read the room and hold off on her shopping videos one week into a new war her family helped start."
In a separate tweet, Waldrop highlighted Kai Trump's shopping spree and wrote, "This title is absolutely wild. Kai Trump decided to flex her shopping trip with her Secret Service detail while the whole country is struggling and war is breaking out."
Waldrop also complained, "I can't believe she still couldn't just pretend for like two weeks."
Journalist Saul Gonzales commented, "New generation, new grifts."
X user Jayce Mcwood said of Kai Trump's video, "It's disrespectful"
Another X user, Francis Pentangelo, tweeted, "How much are taxpayers shelling out so she has security to go around making videos? They're all grifters."
Attorney Tracey Gallagher, "Give me a break. Put a uniform on."
