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After Kim Kardashian<\/a><\/strong> shocked fans by having Ivanka Trump<\/strong><\/a> as one of the select A-list guests at her 43rd birthday party, the Skims founder is wishing the former first daughter a Happy Birthday as her pal turned 42 on Monday, October 30.<\/p>\n Kim shared several Instagram Stories showing the ladies together. The first showed the women each cuddling their eldest daughters on their lap, with Ivanka holding Arabella Kushner, 12, while Kim cozied up with North West<\/a>, 10. On the snapshot the Skims founder wrote, \u201cHappy Birthday to the most thoughtful sweetest soul @ivankatrump.\u201d<\/p>\n The entrepreneur hinted the pair would be reuniting soon, continuing, \u201cCan\u2019t wait to celebrate you asap!\u201d while adding, \u201cOur babies are so small here,\u201d with an upset emoji face.<\/p>\n When Kim shared a series of Instagram photos<\/a> from her exclusive birthday bash on October 22, fans were curious why Ivanka was in the presence of the reality star\u2019s family members and other well-known celebrity friends. \u201cKimberly\u2026.why is Ivanka there????\u201d one follower asked in the comments, while another was more incensed, writing \u201cReally Ivanka? The hypocrisy and disgust!\u201d One person quipped, \u201cKim, so we\u2019re just going to *casually* slip in Ivanka? We have been ROOTING for you in AHS: Delicate<\/em>, so this was NOT the move,\u201d as numerous others simply commented, \u201cNot Ivanka.\u201d<\/p>\n Others were more accepting. \u201cThe best thing Kim did is post IVANKA \u2026 because it shows how important it is to have conversations with people with different opinions,\u201d one fan wrote, while another added, \u201cIvanka \u2026 she looks stunning as always. The amount of hate for Ivanka in this picture is the problem in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n While Kim and Ivanka\u2019s friendship<\/a> took many fans by surprise, they\u2019ve been pals for a long time. \u201cKim and Ivanka have been friends for years and have hung out on a number of occasions,\u201d a source told Us Weekly<\/a> <\/i>in October 2023. <\/i>\u201cThey initially bonded nearly a decade ago at the\u00a0Met Gala<\/a>\u00a0over motherhood and being new moms. But they continued to connect numerous times over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n Kim additionally leaned on Ivanka during her push for prison reform, which resulted in a White House meeting with the former designer<\/a>\u2018s dad, then-President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>. Her husband, Jared Kushner<\/strong>, wrote in his 2022 memoir,\u00a0Breaking History<\/i>, that Kim had reached out to Ivanka to help advocate for granting Alice Johnson clemency<\/a>, as the Mississippi grandmother was serving a life sentence for a drug offense after being convicted in 1996.<\/p>\n In May 2018, Kim met with Trump, 77, in the Oval Office to plea her case for Alice\u2019s freedom. The following month, the president commuted her sentence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n