{"id":2228903,"date":"2024-04-24T08:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friends-only-don-jr-and-eric-trump-take-on-vetting-roles-in-transition-team\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:40:59","slug":"friends-only-don-jr-and-eric-trump-take-on-vetting-roles-in-transition-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friends-only-don-jr-and-eric-trump-take-on-vetting-roles-in-transition-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Don Jr and Eric Trump Assume Vetting Duties in Transition Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffriends-only-don-jr-and-eric-trump-take-on-vetting-roles-in-transition-team%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228903&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President\u200b Donald Trump \u2064often involves his family in his business affairs.\u2064 His campaign is said\u2062 to be utilizing family members, including his eldest \u200bsons,\u2062 Donald Trump Jr. and Eric \u2064Trump, to vet potential hires\u200d for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-slapped-with-subpoena-for-records-of-dealings-with-burisma-chinese-companies\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Slapped with Subpoena for Records of Dealings with Burisma, Chinese Companies\">presidential transition team<\/a>. According to a report by Axios,\u2062 the Trump brothers are\u200d expected to focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-voters-appear-to-put-finger-in-the-eye-of-states-party-boss-system\/\" title=\"NJ voters defy state's 'party boss' system\">selecting candidates based<\/a> on\u2062 loyalty and ideology. Former President \u2062Donald Trump \u200cinvolves his family in business matters. His campaign \u200dinvolves \u200bhis sons, \u2063Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, in\u2062 vetting\u200b potential hires for the transition team. The \u2063Trump brothers aim to choose candidates based on \u200bloyalty and ideology, as reported by\u200b Axios.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> tends to have his family involved in his business, and for his presidential transition team, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campaign\">campaign<\/a> is reportedly using family to vet prospective hires.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s oldest sons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump Jr.\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Eric Trump\">Eric Trump<\/a>, are set to be key parts of the transition team should the former president win a second term in November, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/24\/trump-brothers-loyalty-czars-transition-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from <em>Axios<\/em>. The report cites close allies and Trump campaign aides who said the two would focus on vetting possible picks for a second administration based on ideology and loyalty to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>One person close to Donald Trump Jr. said his goal was to \u201ckeep the John Boltons of the world outside a second Trump administration.\u201d He has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2912742\/donald-trump-jr-suggests-maga-is-the-new-republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"proclaimed\">proclaimed<\/a> that the new GOP is the MAGA, or Make America Great Again, movement, saying non-MAGA Republicans were a \u201cdying breed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have to understand that America First, the MAGA movement is the new Republican Party. That is conservatism today,\u201d Trump Jr. said on Newsmax\u2019s <em>The Balance<\/em> in March. \u201cYou know, there may be the Mitt Romneys and the Liz Cheneys out there. But that is a rare and dying breed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Donald Trump\u2019s other children, Ivanka Trump, played a significant role in his first administration as an adviser, but she has kept her distance from her father\u2019s second campaign as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1433921\/ivanka-trump-says-she-plans-to-stay-out-of-politics-as-father-announces-2024-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"focuses\">focuses<\/a> on raising her family and stays out of politics.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump\u2019s wife, Lara Trump, was recently elected co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee as part of the former president\u2019s selections to overhaul the organization\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s wife, Melania Trump, returned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kimberly-guilfoyle-bo-hines-make-case-for-america-first-congress\/\" title=\"Kimberly Guilfoyle, Bo Hines make case for America First Congress\">campaign trail earlier<\/a> this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2971920\/melania-trump-promote-ways-unite-america-lgbt-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speaking\">speaking<\/a> at a fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans, a pro-GOP LGBT group, at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s reliance on family extends to his transition team as well. Reports suggest that his campaign is tapping his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, to vet potential hires. They are poised to play crucial roles in the transition team if Trump secures a second term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2228904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24047745734588-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24047745734588-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}