Kai Trump Shares Positive Update On Vanessa Trump’s Cancer Recovery
There was encouraging news this week from a member of the Trump family as an emotional health battle continues behind the scenes.
While the road ahead is not yet over, a new public update suggests things are moving in a positive direction.
Kai Trump says her mother, Vanessa Trump, is recovering well following surgery and continues to make progress as she undergoes treatment for breast cancer.
“My mom’s doing good,” the 19-year-old told Page Six while walking the red carpet at the 2026 ESPY Awards in New York City. “She’s doing better.”
Kai also discussed her mother’s recovery during an appearance Thursday on Fox & Friends, describing Vanessa as resilient despite the challenges of treatment.
“She’s doing better. Obviously, radiation takes a toll on your body, but she’s doing better and feeling better,” Kai said.
“She’s been a little tired, but yeah — she’s a fighter,” she added.
Vanessa, 48, announced in May that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, revealing the news in a post on Instagram.
“While this isn’t the news anyone expects, I’m working closely with my medical team on a treatment plan,” she wrote at the time.
“I am staying focused and hopeful while surrounded by the love and support of my family, my kids, and those closest to me.”
In June, Vanessa shared another update, revealing that she had undergone surgery and was beginning the next phase of her treatment.
“Over the past four weeks, I’ve been recovering from surgery, and I’m grateful to be healing and moving forward,” she wrote.
“Soon, I’ll be starting the second stage of my treatment.”
Although she did not provide additional medical details, recent public appearances have suggested she remains in good spirits.
Weeks after announcing her diagnosis, Vanessa was photographed smiling while shopping with Kai at a mall in West Palm Beach, Florida.
During her interviews this week, Kai also reflected on the support she receives from members of her family as she prepares to begin her freshman year at the University of Miami, where she has committed to play on the women’s golf team.
She said her grandfather, President Donald Trump, encourages her to enjoy every step of the journey.
“Enjoy every moment of it. It’s going to be rocky, but enjoy every moment of it,” Kai said he tells her when they play golf together.
Kai also shared advice she has received from golf legend Tiger Woods, who has been dating Vanessa since early 2025.
“Be yourself, trust the process,” Kai said Woods tells her.
According to Page Six, Woods has remained by Vanessa’s side throughout her cancer treatment.
“He’s proud of how positive she’s stayed and how she’s handling everything so far,” an unnamed source told the outlet.
“She’s been so strong, and he truly believes she’s going to be OK. He’s just trying to support her however he can right now.”
Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr. were married from 2005 until their divorce was finalized in 2018.
They share five children: Kai, Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe.
While Vanessa still has additional treatment ahead, Kai’s latest comments offer the most encouraging update yet on her mother’s condition, The New York Post reported.
For now, the family says Vanessa continues to recover from surgery, move through radiation treatment and remain focused on the road ahead with the support of her children, loved ones and those closest to her.
Obama Accuses JD Vance Of Promoting ‘Blood And Soil’ Politics
Former President Barack Obama rarely mentions Vice President JD Vance by name, but that changed this week with one of his sharpest public attacks since Vance took office.
The comments immediately fueled speculation that Democrats are beginning to focus more attention on the vice president as Republicans look ahead to the post-Trump era.
Speaking Thursday during a conversation with author Malcolm Gladwell, Obama accused Vance of promoting what he described as a “blood and soil” vision of America, despite being married to Usha Vance, the daughter of Indian immigrants.
Obama made the remarks while discussing the Reconstruction era and arguing that many of the same debates over citizenship, voting rights and national identity continue today.
“We have a politics now that at least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people,” Obama said.
“When you have the vice president, current vice president, making a speech that is basically a blood and soil version of ‘We the people,’ that it matters who your parents were and how long they’ve been here despite him being married to a daughter of an immigrant himself.”
The phrase “blood and soil” is historically associated with Nazi Germany and white nationalist ideology.
Obama went on to argue that debates over who belongs in America remain central to the nation’s politics.
“That echoes, then, ideas about who can be a citizen, who belongs, who gets to make decisions,” he said.
Gladwell followed by accusing Vance of hypocrisy, arguing that the vice president was making what he called a nativist argument despite his own family’s immigrant background.
Obama agreed.
“That is progress,” Obama said.
“Listen, hypocrisy is progress. It is, because it means that you feel guilty enough to either lie to yourself or others.”
Fox News Digital reported that it reached out to Vance’s office for comment.
Obama did not identify the specific speech he was criticizing, but Vance’s most recent nationally televised remarks came during Independence Day celebrations marking America’s 250th birthday.
In that speech, Vance encouraged Americans to reject what he called a “two-dimensional view” of the country focused only on its historical failures.
“So what I’d ask you to do, my fellow Americans, on our 250th birthday, is to reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country,” Vance said.
“Reject the view of your nation that sees only its sins, but not its grace and its greatness.”
He also emphasized that America’s accomplishments were achieved by “a common people working towards a common future.”
Obama has generally avoided making Vance a regular target since the vice president took office.
One notable exception came during the 2024 presidential campaign when then-Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Without naming Vance directly, Obama contrasted Harris’ choice with the Republican ticket.
“When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate, it says a lot about who they are and what kind of president they’ll be,” Obama said at the time, Fox News reported.
Political observers have increasingly discussed Vance as a potential frontrunner for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, though he has not announced any plans to run.
Against that backdrop, Obama’s unusually direct criticism is likely to fuel speculation that some Democrats are beginning to sharpen their message against a politician they view as a likely future standard-bearer for the Republican Party. While no Democratic leaders have publicly described their strategy in those terms, prominent figures often begin drawing contrasts with potential future rivals well before a presidential campaign officially begins.
Whether that proves to be the case remains to be seen, but Obama’s remarks marked one of his most pointed critiques of Vance to date and ensured the vice president once again found himself at the center of the national political conversation.
