Melania, Eric, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Barron: the whole family will return on Monday after his inauguration, with questions about the role each member will assume.
Although his relatives are expected to be less involved in this second term of Trump, some are expected to retain a key role as unofficial advisers to the Republican.
Melania and Donald Trump Jr
Trump’s third wife, whom he married in 2005, is returning as the first lady of the United States. The 54-year-old former model will reside in the White House intermittently, according to CNN, as she did during her husband’s first term.
Traditionally US first ladies are involved in hosting formal dinners and taking it upon themselves to promote social issues. The first time she took on this role, Melania Trump was involved in the fight against online harassment.
The eldest son of the American president, 47-year-old businessman Don Jr. is known for taking the pulse of Trump’s supporters. He also exerted great influence on his father to choose J. D. Vance as vice president.
According to the American media, with , whom Trump appointed US ambassador to Greece.
Donald Trump Jr. is not expected to take on an official role in the White House, but will remain executive vice president of the family business, the Trump Organization.
What will Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner do?
Ivanka Trump distanced herself from politics at the end of her father’s first term after being one of his key advisers.
“I know the cost of this and I’m not ready to put that on my children,” Ivanka, 43, a mother of three, said recently.
Her husband Jared Kushner was also an adviser to Trump in his first term, mainly dealing with the leaders of the Gulf countries during the period when the US was negotiating the conclusion of the Abraham Accords to normalize its relations with Israel.
This time, CNN points out, Kushner will not have an official role, but will be an unofficial adviser to Trump on Middle East issues.
Eric Trump remains on the… ramparts
Eric Trump, 41, the youngest of Trump’s children from his first marriage, was vice chairman of the Trump Organization during his father’s first term, appearing at rallies and on television to defend him. He is expected to retain the same roles in Trump’s second term.
His wife, Lara Trump, who is trying to make a career as a singer, recently resigned as the vice chairman of the Republican party.
An only child from Trump’s marriage to Marla Maples, Tiffany had made some public appearances at her father’s side during his first term.
The 31-year-old law graduate has participated in some campaign rallies in 2024, but plans to stay away from politics while, according to US media, she is expecting a child.
The shadowy role of Baron’s 18-year-old son
During Trump’s first term, his mother Melania shielded him from the public eye, but now 18-year-old Barron seems ready to start his own path in politics.
A student at NYU in New York, Donald Trump’s youngest child has been an important part of the Republican’s 2024 strategy to attract young people, including encouraging him to interview Andy Ross, a well-known YouTuber.
Charles Kushner, Jared’s father, will be the US ambassador to France. Although he had been convicted of tax evasion and witness bribery, Trump pardoned him in 2020.
Massoud Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, will be the US president’s adviser on the Middle East.
