Melania, Eric, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Barron, the entire Trump family will return to the White House on Monday after Donald Trump’s inauguration. So what role will each family member play? Although his relatives are expected to be less involved in this second term of Trump, some are expected to maintain a key role as unofficial advisers to the Republican
Trump’s third wife, Melania, whom he married in 2005, is returning as 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, first ladies of the United States are involved in organizing official dinners and taking on social issues. The first time she took on the role, Melania Trump was involved in the fight against online harassment.
The eldest son of the American president, 47-year-old businessman Don Jr. exerted great influence on his father to choose JD Vance as vice president.
Donald Trump Jr. is not expected to take on an official role in the White House, but will remain executive vice chairman of the family business, the Trump Organization.
Ivanka Trump distanced herself from politics at the end of her father’s first term, after being one of his top advisers. “I know the cost of that, 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, dealing mainly with Gulf leaders during the period when the US was negotiating the termination 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 , 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, Laura Trump , who is trying to make a career as a singer, recently resigned as vice chair of the Republican Party.
An only child from Trump’s marriage to Marla Maples, Tiffany made several public appearances alongside her father during his first term. The 31-year-old law graduate has attended several rallies in 2024 but plans to stay out of politics, while according to US media, she is expecting a child.
During Trump’s first term, his mother Melania shielded him from the public eye, but now 18-year-old Barron seems ready to embark on his own political journey. A student at NYU in New York, Donald Trump’s youngest child has been a key part of the Republican’s strategy to appeal to young voters in 2024, including encouraging him to interview Andy Ross, a popular YouTuber.
Charles Kushner , Jared’s father, will be the US ambassador to France. Although he was convicted of tax evasion and witness tampering, Trump pardoned him in 2020.
Massoud Boulos , Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, will be the US president’s Middle East adviser.
