By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-11 17:36:50 | Updated at 2025-01-11 20:02:34
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Lara Trump has insisted her father-in-law, President-Elect Donald Trump, is a 'champion of women' and said she wouldn't be where she is today without him.
Lara, 42, is gearing up to stand alongside Trump at his second inauguration later this month, but she's not done working in her role of championing Trump to all Americans, including female voters.
'This is a man who cares about women,' Lara, who is married to Trump's son Eric, reassured the New York Post.
'And I tell you that as a woman who came into this family … from a background where I had no ability to relate to the Trump family — meaning a business family whose name people knew around the world.
'Donald Trump helped me get to where I am today. And he’s a constant champion for women with whom he surrounds himself.'
To further her point, she praised on how Trump has plenty of 'great examples of strong women' around him, including his incoming Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, cabinet picks Kristi Noem and Linda McMahon, and Attorney Alina Habba.
'I think that’s what people who get to know Donald Trump appreciates [how] he doesn’t care what you look like, he doesn’t care about your religion, he doesn’t care about your gender, he doesn’t care who you love,' she told The Post.
'He cares about whether or not you are going to be able to perform a job to your best ability. It’s something I appreciate as a woman because I never want someone to give me a job because of my gender.'
Lara Trump insisted her father-in-law and President-Elect Donald Trump is a 'champion of women' and said she wouldn't be where she is today without him
'This is a man who cares about women,' she said. 'Donald Trump helped me get to where I am today. And he’s a constant champion for women with whom he surrounds himself'
To further her point, she honed in on how Trump has plenty of 'great examples of strong women' around him, including his incoming Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, cabinet picks Kristi Noem and Linda McMahon, and Attorney Alina Habba
During early voting, plenty of women pulled up to the polls and voted against the then-Republican nominee, causing tensions in the Trump camp.
Since 2016, Trump has widened his lead with men, but has failed to equally gain women voters.
Days before the November election, he had a 22-point lead among male voters over Vice President Kamala Harris.
However, Harris, who lost the popular vote by 2.2 million, had a 14-point lead with women voters ahead of the 2024 race, a DailyMail.com/JL Partners poll showed.
Harris had even attacked Trump on his views on women during a stop in Phoenix, Arizona, on her campaign trail, telling the crowd: 'He simply does not respect the freedom of women or the intelligence of women to know what's in their own best interests and make decisions accordingly. But we [at Harris-Walz] trust women.'
Trump had leaned into the divide, focusing his attention on podcasts with overwhelmingly male audiences, including ones his son Barron suggested.
Despite Harris' lost, Lara believes she will see a woman president in her lifetime, but doesn't want her to be elected simply based on her gender - a problem she believes derailed Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
'Hillary Clinton tried to tell everyone that they should vote for her because she was a woman: "Don’t you want to see a woman as president?"' she said.
Lara (pictured on New Year's Eve) also believes the first female president will happen in her lifetime and that she'll be a Republican
Elon Musk with X (left) stand alongside President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump (right) during Trump's New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago
'There are a lot of women I can think of right now who I would consider voting for for president. But the second you break it down and use that as the reason people should vote for you, I think you lose a lot of people.'
'I actually believe our first female president will be a Republican,' Lara, who recently rejected going for a seat in the Senate, said.
Lara also spoke about the moment she had to tell her two small children that their grandfather had survived an assassination attempt before they headed off to summer camp.
'So [on a] Sunday night, I had to sit them down and tell them something happened to Grandpa. "He’s OK, but he’s got a bandage on his ear,"' the North Carolina native recalled telling them.
'I knew they would see him the next week, at the [Republican National] Convention. But it was really tough to tell a four- and a six-year-old that someone had tried to hurt their grandpa.'
She also revealed the family calls Elon Musk - who Trump appointed co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency - 'First Buddy.'
'Every time I go to Mar-a-Lago, he’s there,' Lara, who also lives in Florida, said. 'And it’s a bit of a joke, but he’s in on the joke.
'He’s great. Who wouldn’t want one of the brightest minds of our time in the circle of people doing the right thing for this country? It really seems to be that he wants his legacy to be that he was able to achieve the unachievable. And the great news is we get to reap the benefits of that.
Lara (pictured with Eric Trump) also spoke about the moment she had to tell her two small children that their grandfather had survived an assassination attempt before they headed off to summer camp
'So, I love him being First Buddy.'
On a recent trip to Mar-a-Lago, Lara stunned her in-laws and Musk by belting out a hit song on stage at Trump's New Year's Eve bash.
The former RNC co-chair publicly released her version of the popular song 'I Won't Back Down' earlier this year.
Footage from inside the extravagant event shows Musk holding his son X on his shoulders as he intently watches and listens to Lara.
