Trump was a story coordinator and
producer for the TV news magazine Inside Edition from 2012 to 2016.[5][6] On March 29, 2021, she joined
Fox News as a contributor.[7][8]
In December 2022, Fox News announced that—because its policy is not to employ anyone running for office or involved with a candidate—it had parted ways with Lara Trump, whose father in-law,
Donald Trump, had recently declared his reelection bid.[9]
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."[14][15]
She was a senior consultant to Parscale for
Trump's reelection campaign in 2020.[11][16] 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.[17][18] She also campaigned with
far-right activist and conspiracy theorist
Laura Loomer.[19][20]
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.[22][23][24] However, after several months of media speculation, she declined to run and endorsed the eventual winner, U.S. Representative
Ted Budd.[25]
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.[26] 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."[27]
On March 8, 2024, Lara Trump was elected co-chair of the RNC by a unanimous vote.[28]
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.[5][29] On September 12, 2017, the couple's first child was born.[30] On August 19, 2019, Lara gave birth to the couple's second child.[31]
In 2023, Lara released a cover of
Tom Petty's song "
I Won't Back Down," which was received poorly[32] by music listeners on both sides of the political spectrum.[33] The record debuted at #10 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart and #6 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales Chart.[34][35] The April 2024 release of a second single, "Anything is Possible," also encountered negative popular reaction.[36]