--- description: Karlie Kloss opened up about her association with the Trumps, through husband Joshua Kushner, whose brother is married to Ivanka Trump. title: Karlie Kloss Discusses Her Family Connection to the Trump Administration image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691ad41eab4f8692/6989ff6e09208f7f9741530f/karlie-kloss-on-trump-association.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Karlie Kloss Discusses Her Family's Association With the Trump Administration: 'I Choose to Focus on the Values that I Share With My Husband'  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2019 6:40 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)Dia Dipasupil—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2019 6:40 PM CUT [Karlie Kloss](https://time.com/5552596/karlie-kloss-taylor-swift-friends/ "undefined") became sister-in-laws with [Ivanka Trump](https://time.com/5605039/ivanka-trump-women-peace/ "undefined") when she married [Joshua Kushner](https://time.com/collection/health-care-50/5425155/mario-schlosser-and-joshua-kushner/ "undefined") last fall, a connection that has [made headlines](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/opinion/sunday/kushner-kloss-trump.html "undefined") in recent years. Kloss, who [voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016](https://www.instagram.com/p/BMjNzj4A25X/?hl=en "undefined") and has [been vocal about opposing some of President Donald Trump’s administration’s policies](https://www.instagram.com/p/BkPVubkhrWL/ "undefined"), as she discussed in an interview with [_British Vogue_ ](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/karlie-kloss-on-modelling-faith-philanthropy-business "undefined")that being in the public eye with this association has been challenging. For her part, however, she’s chosen to focus on living out her personal values. “It’s been hard,” she said. “But I choose to focus on the values that I share with my husband, and those are the same liberal values that I was raised with and that have guided me throughout my life.” The supermodel and [_Project Runway_](https://time.com/5547685/project-runway-2019-review-bravo/ "undefined") host also shared how she’s learned to speak up for what she believes in, even if the circumstances are less than comfortable. “Looking back at my late teens and early twenties, I think I was fearful that I would lose a job or lose my position if I said I didn’t want to do something,” she said. “But I did not lose out on jobs. If anything, the more I exercised the power of my voice, the more I earned respect from my peers. And I earned more respect for myself. Only now do I have the confidence to stand tall – all 6ft 2in of me – and know the power of my voice.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5619238/karlie-kloss-on-ivanka-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5619238/karlie-kloss-on-ivanka-trump/"},"headline":"Karlie Kloss Discusses Her Family's Association With the Trump Administration: 'I Choose to Focus on the Values that I Share With My Husband'","datePublished":"2019-07-02T18:40:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:23.578Z","description":"Kloss tied the knot with Joshua Kushner, Ivanka Trump's brother-in-law","url":"https://time.com/5619238/karlie-kloss-on-ivanka-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691ad41eab4f8692/6989ff6e09208f7f9741530f/karlie-kloss-on-trump-association.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691ad41eab4f8692/6989ff6e09208f7f9741530f/karlie-kloss-on-trump-association.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals","caption":"The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals","creditText":"Dia Dipasupil—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5619238/karlie-kloss-on-ivanka-trump/","name":"Karlie Kloss Discusses Her Family's Association With the Trump Administration: 'I Choose to Focus on the Values that I Share With My Husband'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner Are Selling Their NYC Apartment","description":"MONEY","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/8NdFQiEV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-04-04T17:40:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8NdFQiEV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5619238/karlie-kloss-on-ivanka-trump/","duration":"PT54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5619238/karlie-kloss-on-ivanka-trump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```