Ivanka, Jared Stroll on Miami Beach With 'Book of Joy' by The Dalai Lama

Published February 21st, 2021 - 08:47 GMT
Ivanka Trump (Instagram)
Ivanka Trump (Instagram)
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The book, which was written in 2016 asks the question, 'How do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering?' 

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have been pictured going for a romantic stroll along the beach in Miami as they settle into life in the Sunshine State. 

The 39-year-old former First Daughter and her husband Jared, 40, were pictured relaxing on a pair of sunbeds reading books before walking off arm in arm along the sea shore as the waves lapped at their feet.

Ivanka wore a white sun dress and wide-brimmed straw hat while Jared decided to forego his shirt and wore just a pair of navy swimming trunks. 

Jared appeared to be tucking into a hardback by Lee Kuan Yew, the Former Prime Minister of Singapore while Ivanka took some time to soak up some rays before reading The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by 14th Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams.

The book, which was written in 2016 asks the question, 'How do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering?' 

At one point, he put his arm around his wife all the while being followed by two Secret Service Agents who kept a watchful eye on their surroundings.

With the temperature in the mid-70s, they were all dressed in comfortable summer clothes, aside from the agents who wore shirts, pants and face masks. 

It has been just under a month since the family moved to the Sunshine State, but it seems they have managed to  establish a firm routine. 

Ivanka is a regular runner, a pastime she and Jared started back when they were living in New York City and continued while they were in Washington, D.C. 

The couple have both been seen keeping up their fitness regime in south Florida and jogging around their new neighborhood.

Ivanka, the eldest daughter of former President Donald Trump, who served as a senior White House adviser during her father's time in the White House, has also been seen on a number of occasions taking her children to and from their new school, which is just a 15 minute drive from the family's oceanfront apartment. 

And when the children aren't at school, Ivanka and Jared have made sure to fill their time with plenty of fun activities, including plenty of beach time, visits to local ice cream shops, and even an outing at a nearby alligator park. 

Ivanka and her family have quickly settled into Miami life in the few weeks since they moved into their new apartment, which they are reported to have leased for a year while they build a more permanent home on a plot of land that they purchased at the end of 2020. 

It is unclear how much Ivanka and Jared are paying for their new apartment, but it's safe to say the luxury property didn't come cheap. 

Arte Surfside is one of the most expensive complexes in the neighborhood, with an average rental price of nearly $47,000 per month. Its penthouse sold for $33million to an unnamed private equity executive from New York last month.

The Kushner family are said to be using the large, unfurnished unit as a temporary home while they build a property on a two-acre plot they purchased on Indian Creek Island - also known as the 'Billionaire Bunker' - for $31.8 million late last year.  

Ivanka and Jared's temporary apartment is located just over an hour away from Trump's Palm Beach resort Mar-a-Lago, which is where he and wife Melania are now living with their son Barron. Ivanka's younger sister Tiffany is also understood to be looking for a home in Miami, and it was reported in January that her older brother Don Jr and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle also hope to relocate to the Sunshine State. 

A recent report revealed that Ivanka and Jared saw their personal income drop more than 20 percent during former President Donald Trump's final year in office.

The couple reported between $23.8million to $120million in income for 2020 in their financial disclosure forms as White House advisers.

That total marks a $36million decrease on the up to $156million the couple reported for the same period a year earlier, according to Bloomberg.  

Officials are only required to disclose the value of their assets and their non-governmental income in broad ranges.  

But while still extremely wealthy, the disclosure suggests that Ivanka and Jared have lost ground economically as a result of their controversial roles in Trump's administration during his tumultuous final months in office.  

The couple has also been impacted financially by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as they both have extensive holdings in businesses - such as hotels - which have been hard hit over the last 11 months. 

Neither Ivanka nor Jared took a salary during their time as advisers to former President Trump.

In 2017, shortly after joining the White House staff, they reported an income of as much as $195million - $75million more than the couple disclosed this year. That initial disclosure, however, covered a longer period of time than 2020's.

As for overall assets, the couple’s figures increased only a small amount, if at all, over the last four years – a period of time in which the stock market climbed more than 60 percent.

In their most recent disclosure, Javanka listed assets worth between $206million and $803million.

Comparatively, in 2017 they listed a figure between $241million and $741million, and in 2019 disclosed assets valued between $203million and $783million.

Both heirs to family real-state empires, Jared and Ivanka also have extensive holdings in businesses which have been hard hit by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which may account for their financial shortcomings.

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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