Trump says daughter-in-law Lara could carry on political dynasty

• Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have played key roles in building his next administration and laying the groundwork for the MAGA movement's political progeny.
• Lara Trump, Eric's wife, stepped down as co-chair of the Republican National Convention on Sunday — a role in which Trump says she helped to get "cheating" in the election to a "minimum." Some in the GOP are pushing for her to fill the Senate seat set to be vacated by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R).
• Lara told the AP that she would "seriously consider" taking Rubio's seat if it were offered. "If I'm being completely transparent, I don't know exactly what that would look like. And I certainly want to get all of the information possible if that is something that's real for me."
• If Rubio is confirmed as Secretary of State Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will appoint someone to fill his seat until a special election is held. The winner of that special election would hold the Senate seat until 2028 when the term expires.

Driving the news: "Lara has been amazing," Trump told Time when asked if he foresees a Trump dynasty in U.S. politics.

• "Look, she was the head of the Republican Party," he said. "She's a young, a young woman, and she was the head of the Republican Party."
• The president-elect said that when his term ends, he hopes he will "be able to also leave people that are extremely competent and get" the MAGA movement.
• "I have some very competent members of my family," he said. "My kids are very competent."

Zoom out: He said both Don Jr. and Eric are "very capable."

• His daughter, Ivanka Trump, he said, "would be a superstar in politics." But he noted she's "so family-oriented," which would make a political career "definitely more difficult."
• Trump's eldest daughter said in 2022 that she no longer planned to be "involved in politics" after serving as a senior adviser during his first White House tenure.

The bottom line: Political dynasties are no rarity in American politics. But few figures — and families — are quite as polarizing as the Trumps.

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