Former President Donald Trump has been accused of not attending any of his children’s high school or college graduation ceremonies. However, this claim is false, as Trump has been present at most of his children’s graduations, according to contemporaneous reports and recollections of other attendees. While there is some uncertainty around Donald Trump Jr.’s 1996 high school graduation where Trump may have been busy with other events, there is evidence that he visited Donald Jr.’s school during his final semester to give a Career Day talk. Trump’s first wife, Ivana, also wrote in her memoir that someone from the family was always present at school events for their children.
Donald Trump Jr. attended The Hill School and graduated in 1996. While there is no direct reporting of Trump’s attendance at his son’s graduation, he was noted as a speaker during the school’s Career Day event in the same year. Ivanka Trump attended The Choate School for high school and graduated in 2000, with reports confirming Donald Trump’s presence at the ceremony. Similarly, Trump attended her graduation from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 2004, as noted by media sources. Eric Trump graduated from The Hill School in 2002, with reports confirming that Trump attended the ceremony, as well as his graduation from Georgetown University in 2006.
Tiffany Trump graduated from the Viewpoint School in Los Angeles in 2012, and reports confirm that Trump attended her graduation ceremony. She also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016, during her father’s presidential run, with multiple media outlets covering Trump’s attendance at the ceremony. Contrary to claims that Trump did not attend any of his children’s graduations, there is ample evidence to support his presence at most of these events, apart from potential uncertainties around Donald Trump Jr.’s high school graduation. Overall, the claim that Trump never attended any of his children’s graduation ceremonies is false, as documented evidence and media reports refute this assertion.
