Two photographs of a young Ivanka Trump sitting on her father's lap have repeatedly resurfaced on social media — most recently in July 2025, amid renewed scrutiny of U.S. President Donald Trump's ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Critics of Trump shared the images with the sarcastic caption, "He is not weird! Why are you calling him weird?"
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The collage also appeared on platforms such as Threads, Pinterest, Reddit, Imgur and Know Your Meme.
In short, both photographs were authentic and indeed depicted the president and his daughter, which is why we rated this claim true.
The picture on the right of the collage was featured in a Time magazine article titled "Ivanka Trump's Life in Pictures." According to the piece, the photograph was taken by Brian Smith at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1996. Its caption read: "Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka."
Smith's official website also contained the image, as well as four others of the two in slightly varied poses.
(www.archive.briansmith.com)
The picture on the left of the collage was sourced from Ivanka Trump's official Instagram account. She shared the image on Dec. 12, 2013, with the caption: "Me and my dad."
This was not the first time Snopes fact-checked images of Trump allegedly posing with young girls. For instance, we investigated a photo showing Trump with Ivanka Trump as a child posing on a bed. We have also debunked claims an image showed Trump with Epstein and a young girl.