Kai Trump fuels Donald Trump and Elon Musk feud with sudden Tesla Cybertruck exit before Miami golf career
Kai Trump, the granddaughter of US President
Donald Trump
, has begun her senior year of high school in Florida with a new look on the driveway. Instead of
Elon Musk
's Tesla Cybertruck that her grandfather once gave her, she is now posing with a black Cadillac Escalade decked out in University of Miami colors.
The large SUV has 'The U' on the window and '2026' written in orange and green.
Kai, who will join the University of Miami's golf team next year, shared the photos on Instagram as school started.
Kai Trump swaps Elon Musk's Cybertruck for Cadillac Escalade ahead of Miami golf career
On August 14, 2025, Kai Trump, a high-school senior, posted photos showing her beside a black Cadillac Escalade. The Escalade has a painted 'The U' logo- a nickname for the University of Miami and the back window reads '2026', marking her expected college graduation year.
Her mother, Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi, is also seen in one of the photos.
Earlier, Kai Trump had been pictured driving a special Cybertruck that her grandfather, Donald Trump, gifted her. That gift matched her MAGA-style image and even featured in her social media posts.
But after a public fallout between Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in early June, the Cybertruck is nowhere in sight. This hints that Kai may be stepping away from the Tesla imagery linked to Musk.
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Kai Trump prepares for
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after standout high school career
Kai Trump has played golf since she was very young. She attends The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens and has competed in many events. In August 2024, she made a verbal commitment to join the University of Miami women's golf team starting in 2026.
She is already a well-known figure online. As of July 2025, she had millions of followers on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and X.
She also signed some name-image-likeness (NIL) deals, including one with an energy-drink company where she joked, 'Sorry, Grandpa,' while choosing the new drink over Diet Coke.
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