Ivana Trump's Grave

About

Ivana Trump's Grave refers to the gravesite of Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's ex-wife and the mother of three of Trump's children: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump. Ivana Trump was buried at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey in 2022. A year later in 2023, photos of her grave looking overgrown and unmarked went viral on websites like Twitter / X, inspiring memes and discourse about Trump and his children disrespecting his wife's resting place. Also, reports and claims about Trump burying his ex-wife on the site to avoid taxes surfaced en masse, among other conspiratorial theories. Memes about the grave resurfaced in mid-2024 when Donald Trump Jr. criticized Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz for hugging his wife on stage. A viral quote tweet that criticized the Trump Jr. post read, "Your mother is buried in an unmarked grave on a golf course."

Origin

On July 14th, 2022, Ivana Trump passed away at 72 years old. She was buried at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on a plot of land near the course's first hole tee. It was reported that Donald Trump also planned on being buried at the golf course because "it is his favorite property."^[1]

About a year later, on August 12th, 2023, the Daily Mail^[2] published photos taken by photographer Richard Harbus that showed Ivana Trump's grave overgrown with grass (shown below). The poor condition of the gravesite was highlighted in the piece.

Spread

On July 30th, 2022, X^[7] user @TByrne75 tweeted, "Trump burying his ex-wife on one of his golf courses in a pauper's grave so that he can get a tax benefit is so exquisitely on-brand it makes my eyes water," receiving over 178,000 likes in two years (shown below).

@TByrne75's claim that Trump buried Ivana Trump at the site for tax purposes was reiterated by other X^[8] users in subsequent viral posts.

On August 12th, 2023, X^[3] user @JustinAHorwitz tweeted the photo of Ivana Trump's grave from the Daily Mail, captioning it, "Lol Trump buried his ex-wife at his golf course and refuses to landscape her grave," receiving over 14,000 likes in a year (shown below, left).

The photo sparked conspiracy theory posts as well, like one shared by X^[4] user @aintscarylarry on August 13th that received over 5,500 likes in a year (shown below, right).

Donald Trump Jr. Mom "Unmarked Grave" Discourse

On August 11th, 2024, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted^[5] a video of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hugging his wife on stage at a Democratic rally, captioning it, "Totally normal to greet your wife with a firm handshake and a bro hug/back slap. Tim Walz isn't weird at all, guys 🤣🤣🤣." Trump Jr. was referencing the Republicans Are Weird campaign that Walz initiated. The tweet received over 10,000 likes in a day.

Later on August 11th, X^[6] user @ItsJohnRain quoted Trump Jr.'s post, writing, "Your mother is buried in an unmarked grave on a golf course." The quote amassed over 170,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Jokes making fun of Trump Jr. and criticizing him for his mother's gravesite continued to surface on X^[7] in the following days.

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