Trump's Granddaughter Accused of Swapping Boos for Cheers in NBA Finals Video

Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Donald Trump, posted a clip on Instagram of her and the president standing for the national anthem at the NBA Finals Game – but it lacked the audio of the crowd’s boos and only cheers were overlaid.

The roughly 10-second-long clip, posted Tuesday on her Instagram account, appears to be the moment Kai Trump was captured on the jumbotron standing alongside her grandfather for the national anthem during Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.

However, the audio appears to have been swapped for the sound of a crowd cheering, rather than the NBA Finals crowd, which mostly booed the president.

The original audio also features Avery Wilson singing the national anthem at the start of Game 3 between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. That is absent from Kai Trump’s video.

“Thank you to 15SOF for capturing this special moment with my Grandpa,” Kai Trump wrote in her caption, referring to 15 Seconds of Fame, an app that allows people featured during live events to save their clips.

It’s unclear whether Kai Trump or 15 Seconds of Fame switched the audio.

The Independent has asked 15 Seconds of Fame for comment.

The audio switch was noticeable to those who viewed Kai Trump’s video, with the top two commentators both noting the 19-year-old daughter of Donald Trump Jr. had done so.

“Changing the audio is wild though,” one commenter, with more than 10,000 likes, wrote.

“She replaced the audio,” another commenter, with more than 12,000 likes, noted.

Trump became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game Monday evening to watch his hometown team, the New York Knicks. However, he was largely unwelcome by Knicks fans who booed him during the game and later blamed him after the Knicks lost to the Spurs.

Later, when asked about the NBA Finals fans reacting to his presence, Trump claimed it was “mostly cheers.”

“I thought it was very good,” Trump told reporters after the game. “It was certainly amazing. I think mostly cheers, it was loud and it was very enthusiastic.”

Several members of the Trump family were also in attendance, including Vanessa Trump, the mother of Kai Trump and ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump and Michael Boulos, who is married to Tiffany Trump.

Several administration members also attended, including EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, special envoy Steve Witkoff and White House Communications Director Steven Cheung.