Celebrity Matchmaker Says Political Views Increasingly A Dealbreaker For Singles Under Trump’s Second Term

The landscape of dating in America has shifted dramatically, and politics is playing an outsized role in determining romantic compatibility, according to celebrity matchmaker Susan Trombetti.

In an era where political divisions have deepened, even basic dating preferences have taken a partisan turn. Trombetti, a high-profile matchmaker who works with clients across the country, says shes seen a dramatic uptick in singles filtering out potential matches based on political affiliations, opinions on hot-button issues, and even what kind of car someone drives.

“It used to be you would go on a date, see if you had fun and were compatible with your date,” Trombetti explains. “Now, it seems any topic can be polarizing. I am hearing more and more from people who are refusing dates with a potential partner on the basis of basic information.”

Trombetti she’s seeing more clients with highly specific — and political — requirements for their matches.

“Do they drive a Tesla? What is their view on potential tariffs? Immigration policy? These are questions I am hearing over and over again. It’s not about height, profession, or religion anymore,” Trombetti said.

“One guy hired me to make sure his matches dont drive a Tesla. He met someone he really clicked with at a D.C. hotel bar, but all bets were off when he walked her to her car and she drove a Tesla,” she said.

Another client, an older woman and “fierce Trump supporter,” only wanted to match with a fellow supporter of President Donald Trump and “said she didnt care if she ever had a sex again because life was too short to date a [Kamala] Harris supporter,” Trombetti said.

“I had someone running for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wanted a Trump supporter and this was after Trump lost the 2020 race. I had told him that even if Trump was reelected again, his term was only going to last four more years and that his marriage would hopefully outlast that, but he didnt care,” she said.

“Another woman who was a potential date for one of my clients wanted to know beforehand ‘since he was a republican, did he attend the January 2020 insurrection?'” Trombetti recalled. “No surprise there that we didnt put her on the date even though he didnt attend.”

The rise of highly specific political litmus tests in dating reflects the broader cultural climate, which Trombetti says differs even from Trump’s first term.

“When it comes to dating in Washington, D.C., times are tricky,” she said. “Under the first administration, dating was very polarizing, but now its on steroids.”