14-05-2025
Trump's favorite podcaster brought further into fold after night out with Ivanka
Conservative podcaster Theo Von enjoyed a night out with Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner over the weekend.
The unlikely summit took place in sunny Florida, shortly after Von's Saturday appearance at the Kaseya Center.
The podcaster was seen taking selfies in the front of the packed Miami crowd before meeting up with the couple backstage. The trio posed alongside conservative political strategist Alex Bruesewitz.
A series of photos posted to Ivanka's social media showed the intimate outing that ensued. The three dined on Italian at trendy Miami eatery Casadonna.
'Miami looked good on you @TheoVon! Come back and visit us soon,' the 43-year-former Trump advisor wrote on X.
Ivanka, Trump's second child, wrote the same over a separate snap posted to Instagram. It showed the group seated just before their meal.
Famed restaurateur David Grutman - the eatery's owner - comped the bill, Ivanka said.
Unlike Von, she donned a dazzling black number. The comic, in contrast, sported his trademark scruffy mullet and a Hawaiian-style shirt. He's currently in the midst of his Return of the Rat Tour, after welcoming Donald Trump to his podcast back in August.
The podcaster was seen taking selfies in the front of the packed Miami crowd before meeting up with the couple seemingly backstage. The trio posed alongside conservative political strategist Alex Bruesewitz
During the appearance, the then campaigning conservative revealed that Ivanka's half-brother Barron was a regular watcher of the podcast, This Past Weekend.
The spot was one of several said to have helped Trump's reelection effort, and saw the 45-year-old comic from Covington, Louisiana, extended an invite to the president's inauguration - where he accidentally broke a chair.
Viral footage of the mishap showed the chair give out in the crowded U.S. Capitol Rotunda - as Trump could be heard in the background speaking.
Von acknowledged the incident on X the following Monday, suggesting he had been the victim of a prank.
In a less characteristic, more serious statement issued afterwards, the comic expressed awe at being included at all.
'Got a chance to go to the presidential inauguration today and I just cant believe I got to be at that,' Von wrote, months after his refreshingly frank conversation with the commander-in-chief.
'Some countries don't even let you vote.'
'[I] just felt really lucky to see that.'
Von called it 'an honor to meet with a former president' after welcoming a then-campaigning Trump to his podcast This Past Weekend back in August. He later appeared at the Republican's inauguration
Since then, Von - who called it 'an honor to meet with a former president' - has been featured in prominent publications like The New York Times, which in April billed him as 'one of the defining conversationalists of media's new MAGA-friendly mainstream.'
'But he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers,' the piece pointed out - citing 'humanizing' talk from the otherwise unserious comic.
His sit-downs with Trump - and various figures from both sides of the aisle - have raked in millions of views, as a post-election 'red wave' in media continues to take effect.
Von - was a former co-host of the podcast King and The Sting (and Wing) with Brendan Schaub and Chris D'elia - has hosted progressives like Bernie Sanders on his podcast as well.
