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Ivanka Trump wows in white alongside Jared Kushner and Tiffany to lead the family in watching her father accept the Republican nomination

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Ivanka Trump joined her father Donald Trump and her siblings in the Trump family box at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night.

Ivanka stood between her husband Jared Kushner and half-sister Tiffany Trump. She was seated behind her father. 

She also joined him earlier when he signed the paperwork to be the party's official nominee. She wore a white Versace suit with Jimmy Choo shoes and a Manolo clutch.

The former first daughter was spotted boarding Trump Force One in Newark, N.J., on Thursday night for the flight to Milwaukee along with husband Jared Kushner and Melania Trump.

Ivanka Trump watches father Donald Trump at the convention

Ivanka Trump said a few months ago she would attend the convention in her 'personal capacity' to watch her father accept the party's nomination. She will not address the delegates.

She and her dad are extremely close. But Thursday's appearance is the first time she joined him for a campaign appearance in his 2024 election bid.

And she was at her father's side after the horrific attempt on his life.

The former first daughter met Donald Trump upon his arrival in Bedminster, N.J., on Saturday night after the attempted assassination. She also spoke with him on the phone while he was in the hospital on Saturday night, sources close to the campaign told DailyMail.com.

After the horrific attempt on her father's life, Ivanka took to social media to thank supporters and said she was 'praying for America' after the act of 'senseless violence'.

She also thanked the Secret Service for their response in taking down the gunman. 

'I love you Dad, today and always,' the former First Daughter wrote on X.

Ivanka added: 'Thank you for your love and prayers for my father and for the other victims of today's senseless violence in Butler, Pennsylvania.

'I am grateful to the Secret Service and all the other law enforcement officers for their quick and decisive actions today. I continue to pray for our country.'

She also said she believed her mom Ivana was watching over her father.

'Two years ago today, my mom passed away. I believe she was watching over Dad last night during the attempt on his life. I miss her every day and pray for the safety of the family and friends she left behind,' Ivanka noted Sunday morning on social media. 

But while she has supported her father's goal to return to the White House, she is doing so from behind the scenes.  

Ivanka's decision is in stark contrast to the 2020 election when she introduced her father at that year's convention. She was also heavily involved in the 2016 convention.

But she has done a 180 on politics since Donald Trump lost that contest. 

Ivanka opened up about her decision to leave politics in a rare interview.  In an hour-long interview with Lex Fridman, she said she wanted to spend more time with her three children and, after four years of serving in her father's White House, felt like she 'left it all on the field.'

'I spent four years in Washington. I feel like I left it all on the field. I feel really good about it and I feel really privileged to have  been able to do what I did,' she said.

She said, however, she is father's top supporter, as the former president battles multiple legal cases.

'On a human level, it's my father and I love him very much, so it's painful to experience, but ultimately, I wish it didn't have to be this way,' she said.

Ivanka was a senior advisor in Trump's administration from 2017 until 2021, but she  has not been heavily involved in his second bid for the White House. 

Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) stands with Co-chair of the Republican National Committee Lara Trump (R), (from top L) daughter Ivanka Trump, daughter Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos

As Usha Chilukuri Vance, Ivanka Trump former first lady Melania Trump and Eric Trump watch, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, sign paperwork to officially accept the nomination 

When Donald Trump announced his bid for re-election last year, Ivanka said in a statement posted to social media that she loved her father but would be staying out of politics. She was not at his announcement speech. Nor did she attend the first presidential debate. 

'I love my father very much. This time around, I'm choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family,' the former White House adviser said. 'While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena,' she said at the time.

She also was one of the few family members who didn't join him at his trial in New York earlier this year, when the former president was being prosecuted over hush-money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels.

'It was a decision rooted in me being a parent, really thinking about what they need from me now. Politics is a rough business and I think it's one that you also can't dabble in, I think you have to be either all in or all out.'

Ivanka referenced 'the cost' her children would pay from her absence were she to go all in on the campaign trail, adding 'I'm not willing to make them bear that cost.'

'As their mom, I think it's really important that I do what's right for them. I think there a lot of ways you can serve, the enormity, the scale of what can be accomplished in government service, but I think there's something equally valuable in helping in your own community.' 

She said there was 'a lot of darkness, a lot of negativity' in politics and says it's the opposite of 'what feels good for me as a human being.'

Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump enter the Trump family box

Jared Kushner, former White House senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, former White House senior adviser, Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos, attend the final day of the Republican National Convention 

Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner have worked to distance themselves from the tumultuous world of politics amid Donald Trump's re-election campaign and his various legal woes.

They relocated to Florida with children Arabella, 12, Joseph, 9, and Theodore, 8, after Trump left office in January 2021.

Ivanka has been focused on charity work and reconnecting with her old friends since leaving the White House.

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