Marla Maplesis showing her support forTiffany Trumpin the wake ofDonald Trump‘s personal assistant scandal.
On Wednesday, Maples, who is the second wife of Donald, shared two photos with her daughter in honor of Tiffany’s last first day of school atGeorgetown University, where she is finishing her law degree.
The first image was taken on Tuesday before Tiffany, 25, headed off to class, while the second photo was snapped back in Sept. 1999, on Tiffany’s first day of kindergarten.
Marla Maples and Tiffany Trump.Marla Maples Instagram
“Yesterday… Tiffany’s last first day of school and be still my heart and swipe ▶️ for Sept 1999 First day of Kindergarten,” Mapleswrote. “I love you my girl and so proud of your commitment to your education and I thank God for the deep wisdom you possess beyond…”
“I just wish I could still drive you to school 😁 like all those beautiful years in Cali, saying prayers together on the way,” she added. “#curtisschool #georgetownlaw #momanddaughter #mmmoments #enjoythemoments #timeflies #ButLoveIsEternal”
“Last first day of school,” she wrote in the Instagram caption, with a checkmark and customary Georgetown hashtags.
Tiffany Trump, 26, on her “last first day of school” at Georgetown.Tiffany Trump/Instagram
Tiffany and her mother’s posts come inthe wake of a White House scandalabout what Donald really thinks about his kids, what he has been telling staffers and how indiscreet they are in discussing that with the press.
Madeleine Westerhout, an Oval Office gatekeeper since Donald took office in 2017, wasreportedly forced out of her joblast Thursday after she hadspoken indelicately about the Trump familyat an off-the-record dinner with the press last month.
Westerhout, according toPolitico, also told reporters that she felt she had a better relationship with Donald than either Tiffany orIvanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and a senior aide.
After word reached the president of what she had reportedly said, he came to agree that Westerhout must resign, which she did Thursday, according to theTimes.
Madeleine Westerhout.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images
Speaking with reporters on Friday, Donald declined to describe it as a firing — “I think it was automatic” — and said that Westerhout “mentioned a couple of things about my children,” but he did not elaborate.
(The White House did not comment to PEOPLE on the record; Westerhout did not return a request for comment but declined to speak withPolitico.)
“I really think she had a bad night. I think it was unfortunate. She said she was drinking, and the whole thing was very unfortunate,” the president told reporters.
“She’s a very good person,” he said of Westerhout, with whom he said he had just spoken.
“Still,” he said, “you don’t say things like she said, which were just a little bit hurtful to some people.”
From left to right: actor Marla Maples, daughter Tiffany Trump, and President Donald Trump.Noam Galai/Getty Images; Dave Benett/Getty Images; Olivier Douliery/Getty Images
Tiffany and her dad have a strained past, PEOPLE previously reported.
“Since the inauguration, Tiffany and her father have sometimes gone for months without speaking and she went a very long time without seeing him,” a source close to hertold PEOPLE in April 2018. “The last time she was at a family function with him, it was awkward for her and she didn’t feel totally welcome.”
On Saturday, without further explanation, Tiffany posted some motivational quotes to Instagram.
The lines read: “Study me as much as you like, you will never know me. For i differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be. put yourself behind my eyes, and see me as i see myself. Because i have chosen to dwell in a place you cant see.”
source: people.com
