Lara Trump Taking on White House Duties in Troubling And Unprecedented Move, Officials Say

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Source: Newsweek

Lara Trump, the face of her father-in-law's re-election campaign, has been hosting high-level meetings within the White House to push a variety of domestic policy initiatives, a clear crossing of the well-established line between campaign work and public service, ethics and government watchdogs told Newsweek.

The senior adviser to the president's already-active 2020 campaign has quietly conducted over half a dozen meetings with government officials including Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Veteran Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe and Representative Ron DeSantis, in an effort to swing the administration’s support behind a $10 million federal initiative to establish a new nationwide Veterans Affairs program, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the meetings and accompanying legislation.

She then brought together several Cabinet appointees, lawmakers and presidential advisers for a round table discussion on the issue in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 18.

"I cannot remember something like that ever happening in my time," said David Gergen, a presidential adviser who has served in four White House administrations, including former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, as well as George Bush’s 1980 campaign. "This White House is being run like a family business, and campaigning is their bread and butter."

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[lagomorph777]

1. You can call her "Lara;" I call her "Mueller's next target."

[Vinca]

2. What next? Baron advising health and human services?

[underpants]

6. Well he does know a lot about "the cyber"

[ToxMarz]

18. No, Barons's not on the good list right now

He lost the Presidents Orange crayon and now he can't color people anymore

[George II]

3. Isn't she the wife of the son that he said he wouldn't have any contact with as president?

[politicaljunkie41910]

4. I thought he was ready to ship Ivanka and Jared back to New York to 'protect' them from becoming

snared up in the DC web that is the special prosecutor? I guess he changed his mind. Either that or Lara needs a new job, to replace the old one she no longer has. I guess she has to earn her keep some way, and we all know that the White House has become the new training ground for the unqualified and the unemployed.

[gordianot]

5. In spite of obvious family failings Donald can only trust those with family financial ties.

Donald goes down, they all go down crime family style.

[SergeStorms]

8. Good, can't wait!

Seeing the Trump Crime Family convicted en masse would bring a song to my heart. Trump would probably demand an entire prison just for them, and of course it would have 'TRUMP' emblazoned on the outside (all in gold, of course). Thing is, 'The Donald' doesn't get to chose. I hope they house them with the MS13 contingent.

[gordianot]

14. I would settle for them going broke.

Getting a real job a fate almost as dire for any Trump as prison. Convert Trump tower into a prison after the furnishings are sold off.

[Liberalagogo]

7. It's like the Carrringtons or the Ewings

without any class or dignity.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Or the Corleones. nt

[Hortensis]

10. As Liz Warren would say: "Did you all fall on your heads?"

[Jose Garcia]

11. Why won't they let Bianca Trump get more involved?

[mobeau69]

16. Funny stuff, Jose

[FakeNoose]

19. Cheeto is saving Bianca for the Supreme Court

[LiberalFighter]

12. Is she the one that does Golden Showers?

[Scarsdale]

13. Eerie Eric's wife.

Ivanka will be very upset, since SHE is supposed to be the WH princess. Every week brings another surprise about this crime family, and their infiltration into the political scene. What experience has any one of them had in the subjects they hold meetings on? I read that Ivanka was going to put her expertise behind getting the tax cuts implemented. Such a busy family. None of them had REAL jobs before Orange Mistake ran for the WH.

[Achilleaze]

17. Some super shrewd eyebulbs, one might well observe

Whereas eerie eric looks merely dazed and delighted.

[Scarsdale]

20. Eerie Eric really does

strongly resemble Gary Bussey. Another gold digging bimbo. I wonder how soon she will be getting plastic surgery, like Ivanka?

[MrsMatt]

21. Couldn't happen soon enough

Maybe the recovery period will be long enough to keep her out until Donny gets impeached.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Nepotism so strong that they don't have enough children.