The Borneo Post

Tiffany Trump, Lindsay Lohan pal around in the Mediterran­ean

- By Helena Andrews-Dyer

TIFFANY Trump, the younger daughter of President Donald Trump, spent several days recently vacationin­g in Greece alongside one Lindsay Lohan, the former child star turned Hollywood cautionary tale. This apparently was a big deal. People, New York magazine, Page Six and Vanity Fair all had something to say about the unlikely pairing, which was first reported in a New York Times profile in which Lohan and Tiffany Trump were referred to as old friends.

The collective reaction was a sophistica­ted “huh?” But was it that weird? Not really. Trump, 24, has a lot of moneyed friends who seem untethered by 9-to- 5 jobs and other adult milestones. Before becoming one of the country’s most famous law school students, Trump was best known as one- sixth of the “Snap Pack,” a crew of rich kids who flaunted the collective fruit of their parents’ hard work on social media. The group’s Danny Zuko is 25-year- old Andrew

The idea that the president’s daughter, though grown-up she may be, is palling around with a reformed bad girl seems to be the major plot point here.

Warren, a fashion designer and prolific Instagramm­er who also happens to be besties with Lohan, 32.

So what’s the fuss? Friends of friends of friends hanging in the Mediterran­ean, what’s not to like?

The idea that the president’s daughter, though grown-up she may be, is palling around with a reformed bad girl seems to be the major plot point here. Despite not living in (or working at or incessantl­y tweeting about) the White House, Tiffany Trump is still a member of the first family, long the pictureper­fect mascots of American exceptiona­lism. The potential for a headline about a wild night at Lohan’s newly opened beach club on the island of Mykonos was overripe.

But nothing really salacious happened — at least not on social media. The crew attended a fundraisin­g event to benefit victims of the country’s devastatin­g wildfires, partied at Lohan’s club (naturally), hung out on a yacht as rich kids do, and later ate dinner with the Mykonos Mayor Konstantin­os Koukas.

In fact, it was Lohan who allegedly chastised Warren for posting a picture of the group’s “boat day.” In a since- deleted comment, Lohan wrote under the photo: “Did @ lawyer_ com and @ realdonald­trump approve of this? Why would you post this?” The “Mean Girls” actress, who herself quickly deleted pictures of Tiffany Trump partying at her club, is a spokeswoma­n for lawyer.com and a supporter of President Trump.

Could Lohan, who has called Tiffany Trump “a really sweet girl,” be adding the title of “mother hen” to her list of accomplish­ments.

The most shocking thing about the TiffLo girlmance is that Lohan might actually be a positive influence among her younger charges, having climbed her way out of Hollywood’s sunken place to some semblance of normalcy.

 ?? — Reuters file photos ?? Lohan (right) and Trump were referred to as old friends in a New York Times profile.
— Reuters file photos Lohan (right) and Trump were referred to as old friends in a New York Times profile.
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