A History of Kim Kardashian and Ivanka Trump’s Close Friendship

Kim Kardashian wasn’t exactly endorsing Arabella Kushner‘s Taylor Swift-themed cake itself, mind you. But the SKIMS founder didn’t hold back from passing along a sweet sentiment to the 13-year-old’s mom, Ivanka Trump.

Hence Kim’s friendship with Ivanka continuing to inch its way toward matter-of-factness by way of her July 17 birthday greeting for Arabella on Ivanka’s Instagram—which was only the latest out-in-the-open display of affection between the two.

But ever since Kim first visited the White House in 2018 to discuss criminal justice reform with then-President Donald Trump—a meeting facilitated by Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner—much attention has been paid to the ladies’ social interactions.

Though, really, they started bonding in the most likely of settings.

With Kim being based in Los Angeles and Ivanka in New York, the pair—jet-setters though they both are—wouldn’t have been regulars in each other’s social circles.

But their acquaintanceship dates back to at least May 2014, when they chatted at the Met Gala, Ivanka with Jared and Kim escorted by then-fiancé Kanye West, fashion’s biggest night occurring just weeks before their lavish Italian nuptials.