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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin reveals she opened ‘Trump Account’ for son — but claims he’s ‘not a Trump child’

The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin has said she opened a Trump Account for her newborn son, praising the current administration’s latest initiative aimed at addressing America’s falling birthrate.

President Donald Trump has been touting his Trump Accounts for months. “We’ll fund those personal accounts with a seed contribution of $1,000 which will compound and grow over the course of their lives,” he said in January at a U.S. Treasury event. While the tax-advantaged investment accounts aren’t set to launch until July 4, parents were able to sign up for them earlier this year when they filed their 2025 tax returns.

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