Lara Lea Trump ( Yunaska; born October 12, 1982) is an American former television producer who is married to

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, third child of

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. She was the producer and host of Trump Productions' '' Real News Update'' and a producer of ''

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''.

Early life and education

Lara Yunaska was born in

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, on October 12, 1982, to Robert Luke Yunaska and Linda Ann Sykes. She has a younger brother, Kyle Robert Yunaska. She attended

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. Trump graduated cum laude with a

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degree in communication from North Carolina State University and also studied at the French Culinary Institute in New York.

Career

Trump was a story coordinator and producer for the TV

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'' from 2012 to 2016. On March 29, 2021, Trump joined

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as a contributor. In December 2022, Fox News announced they parted ways with Trump after her father in-law, Donald Trump, declared his reelection bid. Fox's policy is not to employ anyone running for office or involved with a candidate.

Donald Trump presidential campaigns

During

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, she spearheaded the ''Trump–Pence Women's Empowerment Tour'' and served as the

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liaison for Brad Parscale's Giles-Parscale company. After her father-in-law was elected president, she became an online producer and fundraiser for him. In April 2019, she described German chancellor

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'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." She was a senior consultant to Parscale for Trump's reelection campaign in 2020. 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. She also campaigned with far right activist and

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Potential Senate campaign

After Lara Trump's father-in-law left office in 2021, it was widely rumored that she would run for the

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seat being vacated by the retiring

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. However, after several months of media speculation, she declined to run and endorsed the eventual winner,

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Personal life

On November 8, 2014, after a six-year relationship, Lara Trump married her husband in a ceremony at Donald Trump's

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estate in Palm Beach, Florida. On September 12, 2017, the couple's first child, Eric "Luke" Trump, was born. On August 19, 2019, Lara gave birth to Carolina Dorothy Trump, the couple's second child.

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