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LARA Trump has declared her father-in-law’s resurgence to the White House a sweet victory as she spills the secrets of the First Family’s chaotic years in politics.
Donald Trump‘s daughter-in-law, who is married to his son Eric, described the president’s return to the Oval Office as a “unification” that has injected a shot of excitement into people across the world.
Lara, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said the president’s recent inauguration far exceeds his reelection hopes in 2021, where he lost to Joe Biden.
“I knew I would see this day it’s kind of amazing, right,” Lara gushed to Jillian Michaels during a recent appearance on her podcast Keeping It Real.
“The things that we’ve all been through and really the ride that I feel like the entire family, and I would actually argue the entire country, has been on over the past nine years has been incredible.
“I’d be honest if I said that there weren’t some low moments, there were certainly low moments and I think we face those as a family, we face those as a country.
“It’s very special and I’ve said this to my father-in-law, many times, I actually tell him that I think it’s so much better that he’s being inaugurated in January 2025 than it ever would have been had he been inaugurated in January of 2021.”
Lara added, “At first, I don’t know, Jillian, that he fully like appreciated that.
“I think he’s understanding it more and more because the feeling this time around is very different. It really feels like the unification has started that people get it now.
“The world is excited about Donald Trump as our president again and I’m so stoked.
“I always knew we would see this day, and I always knew that it would be so much better and so much sweeter this time around.”
Lara admitted to Michaels that the family was unprepared when they entered the political landscape in 2016, following Trump’s election win.
“The highs were truly that election in 2016. That was absolutely incredible and nothing prepared us and our family for that,” she said.
“We were all political novices. We were very green going into things, and I think we were all very naive as well.
“Even throughout the course of that election, I remember times where they kind of threw us all out on the campaign trail.
“Nobody gave us any media training or any real guidance as to what was supposed to happen out there.
“They were just like, ‘Hey, want to go do an interview on MSNBC,’ and I was like sure.
“I didn’t know that these people were a firing squad. It was like deep in and see if you can swim. Good luck.”
However, Lara said the family rejoiced when the 2016 election results came in.
“To come out on top after everybody had said this is impossible, don’t even know Donald Trump has a shot at becoming president,” she recalled.
“That was incredible. I’ll never forget the night of November 8, 2016, for as long as I live.
“It was amazing. But, to be honest, the lows were the election of 2020, the aftermath of that election.
“The way my father-in-law was truly demonized in the wake of all of that that we all felt we were demonized in the wake of that. The lawfare against him, assassination attempts against him, and really feeling like this country was headed on a very frightening path.
“But the highs never feel as good if you don’t have the lows and even in the depths of things when it really felt scary, and really bad, and very upsetting, I think we all kind of held out faith that the right thing would happen.”
In his first hours as president, Trump signed a blitz of executive orders, including a full pardon of January 6 rioters, declaring a national emergency at the southern border, and seeking to end birthright citizenship.
Timeline of event: Election Day to Inauguration Day

Following his Election Day victory, Donald Trump will take the oath of office and cement his status as the 47th president of the United States.
Timeline of events: Election Day to Inauguration Day:
- November 5, 2024: Donald Trump defeats Vice President Kamala Harris by surpassing the necessary 270 Electoral College votes.
- November 6, 2024: Trump delivers his victory speech at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, vowing to bring America back to its “golden age.”
- December 17, 2024: Designated state electors gather in their respective states to cast the official votes of their state’s winning candidate.
- December 25, 2024: The deadline for the Electoral College votes to arrive at the Senate president and national archivist.
- January 3, 2025: The new 119th United States Congress is sworn in.
- January 6, 2025: Congress meets to certify the Electoral College vote. Vice President Harris oversaw the count and certified her defeat.
- January 9, 2025: Present and former presidents, first ladies, and members of Congress gathered at the Washington National Cathedral for the state funeral of Jimmy Carter, the 39th United States president.
- January 10, 2025: President-elect Donald Trump is given an unconditional discharge sentence in his hush money case, cementing his status as the first felon to serve in the White House.
- January 18, 2025: The four-day inauguration ceremony begins with a reception and firework show at Trump’s golf course in Virginia.
- January 19, 2025: Trump will deliver remarks at a victory rally and will partake in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
- January 20, 2025: Inauguration Day: a service at St. John’s church will take place first, followed by tea at the White House.
- The official presidential oath of office of Trump and JD Vance will start at noon EST.
- A farewell to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
- The day will conclude with three inaugural balls: the Commander-in-Chief Ball, the Liberty Inaugural Ball, and the Starlight Ball.
- January 21, 2025: A national prayer service will be held on Trump’s first full day in office.