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Lara Trump
American television producer (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lara Lea Trump (née Yunaska; born October 12, 1982) is an American political figure who is the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee.[1][2] She is married to Eric Trump, the third child of U.S. President Donald Trump. She was the producer and host of Trump Productions' Real News Update and a producer of Inside Edition.[3] On February 22, 2025, Trump debuted her new show My View with Lara Trump on the Fox News Channel.[4]
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Early life and education
Lara Yunaska was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on October 12, 1982, to Linda Ann Sykes and Robert Luke Yunaska, a shipbuilder.[5] She has a younger brother, Kyle Robert Yunaska.[6] She attended Emsley A. Laney High School.[7] She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from North Carolina State University[8] and also studied at the French Culinary Institute in New York.[9]
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Trump was a story coordinator and producer for the TV news magazine Inside Edition from 2012 to 2016.[9][10] On March 29, 2021, she joined Fox News as a contributor.[11][12]
In December 2022, Fox News announced that it had parted ways with Lara Trump, because it has a policy to not employ anyone running for office, or involved with a candidate; her father in-law, Donald Trump, had declared his presidential re-election bid for the 2024 election the month before.[13]
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Donald Trump presidential campaigns
During Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, she spearheaded the Trump-Pence Women's Empowerment Tour and served as the Trump Tower liaison for Brad Parscale's Giles-Parscale company.[14][15][16] After her father-in-law was elected president, she became an online producer and fundraiser for him.[9][10][17]
In April 2019, she described German chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to accept refugees during the European migrant crisis of 2015 as "the downfall of Germany; it was one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany."[18][19]
She was a senior consultant to Parscale for Trump's reelection campaign in 2020.[15][20] The campaign paid her $180,000 a year through Parscale's private company, Parscale Strategy. Lara Trump was a surrogate on the stump and took on broad advisory roles.[21][22] She also campaigned with far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.[23][24]
She was among the speakers at the "Save America" rally that preceded the January 6 United States Capitol attack alongside Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.[25]
During Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, Lara Trump spoke at a fundraiser in North Carolina for the Log Cabin Republicans.[26]
Potential Senate campaign
After Lara Trump's father-in-law left office in 2021, it was widely rumored that she would run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Richard Burr.[27][28][29] However, after several months of media speculation, she declined to run and endorsed the eventual winner, U.S. Representative Ted Budd.[30]
On July 24, 2025 she announced that she would not run for the Senate seat being vacated by Thom Tillis. [31]
Co-chair of the Republican National Committee
On February 12, 2024, Lara Trump was endorsed by her father-in-law for the Republican National Committee's co-chair, alongside North Carolina Republican Party leader Michael Whatley for chair.[32] Within a week, she declared that if she were to become co-chair, then "every single penny will go to the number one and the only job of the RNC — that is electing Donald J. Trump as President of the United States and saving this country."[33]
On March 8, 2024, Lara Trump was elected co-chair of the RNC by a unanimous vote.[34] She resigned from the post on December 9, 2024, amid speculation that she would be appointed to fill the remainder with Marco Rubio's unfinished term in the Senate.[35] Despite her front-runner status, Trump withdrew her name from contention on December 21.[36]
Fox News
On February 5, 2025, The New York Times reported that Trump would begin hosting a weekend show, My View with Lara Trump, on Fox News beginning on February 22.[37]
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Music career
In 2023, Trump released a cover of Tom Petty's song "I Won't Back Down".[38] It debuted at No. 10 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart and #6 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales Chart.[39][40][41] She began creating her own music in 2024.[42][43][44][45]
In May 2024, she released a third single entitled "Hero"."[46][47] Negative critical reception focused on Trump's vocals and Auto-Tune usage.[46][48]
Personal life
On November 8, 2014, after a six-year relationship, Lara Yunaska married Eric Trump in a ceremony at Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Florida estate of Eric's father, Donald Trump.[9][49] On September 12, 2017, the couple's first child was born.[50] On August 19, 2019, Lara gave birth to the couple's second child.[51]
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