Originally appeared on E! Online
Donald Trump is giving Tiger Woods the seal of approval.
More than a week after the golf champion hard launched his relationship with Vanessa Trump, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., the 47th president shared his perspective on the budding romance.
“I love Tiger, and I love Vanessa,” President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office March 31. “Tiger actually called me a few months ago, and I have a very special, very good relationship with Tiger.”
And though the two shared a strong bond beforehand, the 15-time majors champion—who shares daughter Sam, 17, and son Charlie, 16, with ex-wife Elin Nordegren—thought it might be best to reveal their relationship on familiar grounds.
“I played golf with him a couple of times over the last month,” Trump continued of the 49-year-old, “and he’s a fantastic guy and a fantastic athlete, and he told me about it.”
“I said, ‘Tiger, that’s good. That’s good,’” he added. “I’m very happy for both. Let them both be happy.”
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Trump’s supportive comments came just over a week after Tiger expressed his adoration for Vanessa—who is mom to Kai, 17, Donald III, 16, Tristan, 13, Spencer, 12, and Chloe, 10, from her former marriage to Donald Trump Jr.—on social media for the first time.
“Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side!” Tiger captioned a March 23 Instagram post, alongside a photo of the duo cozying up on a hammock. “We look forward to our journey through life together.”
And as the two embark on this new journey, it seems President Trump isn’t the only one showing their support. Indeed, Ivanka Trump didn’t hesitate to express her excitement for her former sister-in-law in the comments.
Alongside two smiley face emojis with hearts, she wrote, “So happy for you both !”
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After all, Tiger and Vanessa’s families have crossed paths multiple times over the years. Last month, Tiger’s son Charlie and Vanessa’s daughter Kai both competed at the Junior Invitational, which featured 36 of the top junior boys and 24 of the top junior girls from across the world, in South Carolina’s Sage Valley Golf Club.
And when Tiger visited the White House for a Black History Month celebration back in 2019, President Trump had nothing but good things to say.
“We are in the presence of a true legend—an extraordinary athlete who has transformed golf and achieved new levels of dominance,” Trump said when he presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “He’s also a great person.”
For a deeper dive into love lives of the Trump family, keep reading.
Donald Trump
Following marriages to Ivana Trump and Marla Maples, Donald Trump met third wife Melania Trump at a 1996 New York Fashion Week fete.
“It was a big fashion party that my friend organized, fashion week, and he invited me,” the native of Mesto, Slovenia recalled on a 2016 episode of On the Record With Greta Van Susteren. “That’s how we met with Donald.”
After marrying in a lavish 2005 wedding at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, they welcomed son Barron Trump the following year.
Donald Trump Jr.
Months after ending his 13-year marriage to model Vanessa Haydon in 2018, Donald Trump Jr.—Trump’s eldest child with first wife Ivana—began dating former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Having known each other for years, Guifoyle said she realized instantly the father to Kai (who made a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention) Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe was her person.
When they went on their first date, “that was it,” Guilfoyle told Metropolitan Palm Beach magazine in 2022. “Sparks. In fact, we have been together from that night on, happily ever after!”
The couple got engaged on New Year’s Eve 2020. But four years later, Don Jr. confirmed their split. He’s since been linked to Bettina Anderson.
Ivanka Trump
As Jared Kushner recalled in his book Breaking History: A White House Memoir, he was introduced to Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter with ex Ivana, in 2007 after her father suggested they meet to discuss real estate.
“The conversation soon turned to NASCAR, New Jersey diners, and other unlikely interests that we had in common,” he wrote. “That led to a second lunch at my favorite Indian restaurant, the Tamarind Flatiron & Tea Room on Twenty-Second Street, where we talked for three hours.”
Despite a brief split, they finalized their partnership in 2009—marrying at New Jersey’s Trump National Golf Club—and welcomed daughter Arabella in 2011, followed by sons Joseph in 2013 and Theodore in 2016.
Eric Trump
When North Carolina native Lara Trump was introduced to Eric Trump, the politician’s younger son with ex-wife Ivana, she knew she was at the height of something.
“When I first met Eric, I did not know who his dad was,” she recalled on her podcast The Right View of meeting the 6-foot-5 Georgetown University grad in 2008. “I didn’t know his last name initially. I just knew I met some really tall guy out.”
Married at Mar-a-Lago in 2014, they welcomed kids Luke in 2017 and Carolina in 2019. A television producer when she started dating her future husband, Lara served as a campaign advisor for Trump in 2016 and 2020 before being elected as co-chair of the Republican National Committee in March 2024.
Tiffany Trump
Barron Trump
Though Barron Trump, the President’s now-adult son with third wife Melania, hasn’t publicly addressed his dating life, his father suggested the New York University student isn’t prioritizing romance at the moment.
“I’m not sure he’s there yet,” Trump said, when asked by businessman Patrick Bet-David on his PBD Podcast if the college freshman is “good with the ladies in school.”
While Trump said he didn’t believe his youngest had a girlfriend, he raved, “He’s very, very smart. He’s a good student .. goes to a great school and does really well. And he’s a very nice guy.”
Vanessa Trump
Years after finalizing her divorce from Don Jr., the former model is teeing off a new romance, she and Tiger Woods made their romance Instagram official in March 2025.
As for what Vanessa’s former in-laws think of her new man, President Trump previously made it clear he’s nothing short of a big fan, with the Masters champion even attending a White House Black History Month event in February 2025. And he previously bestowed Tiger with the Presidential Medal of Freedom back in 2019.
“We are in the presence of a true legend—an extraordinary athlete who has transformed golf and achieved new levels of dominance,” Trump said at the time. “He’s also a great person.”
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