Kai Trump was overcome with emotion as her final week of high school approached, breaking down in tears over the thought of being “split up” from her tight-knit group of friends, Wonderwall.com can report.
The 18-year-old, President Donald Trump’s eldest grandchild and a student at the Benjamin School in Jupiter, Fla., shared a vlog about her final five days as a high school senior — but not before experiencing a bittersweet moment as she reflected on everything she’s leaving behind as she moves on to college and beyond.
“Well, this is not the normal way I start my vlogs, but this is the Sunday before my last week of high school,” Kai said as she opened a YouTube video she posted on May 9 that she filmed sitting in bed with her best friend next to her.
As her voice started to crack with emotion, she tearfully continued, “I normally don’t cry. Like, I’m not a very emotional person, but it’s very sad because these are the people I’ve been with since eighth grade and since I moved to Florida.” A slow-motion clip showing Kai with her four closest pals at an outdoor mall appeared on the screen.
The teen grew up in New York until she was 13, then moved to Florida with her mom, Vanessa Trump, following Vanessa’s divorce from Kai’s father, Donald Trump Jr.
Kai wept as she thought about how she and her friends are heading to different colleges, although she and two pals will remain together at the University of Miami this fall.
“But we’re all splitting up now, and it’s really sad,” she said before asking her friend to take over. “This is literally our last week of high school ever.
“Well, this is very sad, guys, because I don’t know. I’ve had a great time in high school. I’ve met a great group of people, great classes, and school, and everything like that.
“It’s on to the next chapter. And it’s scary, but it’s exciting, but it’s sad. It’s like all the emotions in one,” Kai explained.
Bittersweet goodbye
Kai Trump tried on her graduation cap and gown for the first time in her vlog. By: @kaitrump/YouTube
Kai revealed how she and her friends had a very early morning ahead as they were getting up to watch “our senior sunrise. Our last Monday of high school,” she said, adding it still didn’t “feel real at all.”
The soon-to-be grad said she felt like “I’m going back into like, ninth grade, like, freshman year. I want to start over,” reflecting on how much she enjoyed high school.
“But this is really sad. And happy, but sad as well,” Kai added before taking fans through her final five days at school.
She showed herself and the student body pulling off a “senior prank day” by covering the school with silly string, paper streamers and Solo cups.
She also tried on her graduation cap and gown for the first time and showed it off to proud mom Vanessa, who grew emotional at the sight.
Kai and her pals crafted white T-shirts featuring their future alma maters’ insignias, then paired them with tan skirts decorated with their college mascots.
The week ended with the student body plunging into the campus lake on floaties and swimming across the water, which Kai called “really gross” because of the water quality.