Tristan Thompson he acknowledged his friendship with Eric Trump it is the one that people “didn’t expect,” but “they are very close.”
“He’s been good to me,” Thompson, 35, said of Trump, 42, during the Tuesday, March 31, episode of the “Katie Miller” podcast. “Actually, he was like a big brother, a mentor [figure].”
Thompson noted that the President Donald TrumpThe son was ‘very receptive’ since they met. (Donald, 79, sons Donald Jr.48, and Eric, with a daughter Ivan44, with his late ex-wife Ivan Trump. The president also shares a daughter Tiffany32, and ex-wife Marla Maples and a son Barron20, and wife Melania Trump.)
“Especially in the political government [he’s] he really surrounded me,” said the NBA player, noting that Eric’s guidance “helped encourage me to want to dive into this realm a little bit. I love him for that.”
Thompson didn’t reveal how she first crossed paths with Eric, a businessman and political activist, but she did share some of the connections she had with the Trump family.
When the podcast host Katie Miller asking Thompson which celebrity he was “surprised” to meet, he pointed to a moment where he was with the former President. Barack Obama and Donald Sr. at the same time.
“I can say maybe before I start, but [someone I was] most excited to meet will be President Obama and the First Lady Michelle [Obama],” Thompson recalled, “Because I think my mom was with me. That’s where we win the title.”
President Donald Trump caught up with White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt as she discussed the backlash she received. “I got 93 percent bad publicity, some people say 97 percent, but between 93 and 97,” Trump, 79, said in the Oval Office when he signed the law on Tuesday, March 31. “Someone who gets 97 percent. […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers center — who won the 2016 NBA championship with the team — noted that when he met Barack, 64, it was a time of transition in the White House.
“It’s really funny, the same day we visited the White House was the same day President Trump flew to the White House for the first time,” said Thompson, who shares daughter True, 7, and son Tatum, 3, with his ex-girlfriend. Khloé Kardashianshared. “When President Obama came to speak to us I saw President Trump walking in the back halls.” (Thompson also shares son Prince, 9, with ex Jordan Craig and son Theo, 4, with Maralee Nichols.)
Tristan Thompson made a rare comment about how the mothers of his children – including Khloé Kardashian – are now “all friends” after the past drama. “We’re all friends. We’re all family,” Thompson, 35, shared on a recent episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast” about the different dynamics. “We all have each other’s contact information […]
Thompson confirmed that it was after Donald Sr. won his first term as president in the fall of 2016 and appeared at a rally before Barack left office.
President Obama was the 44th President of the United States. He worked from 2009 to 2017. President Trump became the 45th President of the United States in 2017 after winning the election the previous fall. After leaving office in 2021, the President Joe Biden he became the 46th Commander-in-Chief.
In January 2025, Donald Sr. he returned to the Oval Office as the 47th President of the US.
