Lara Trump, who markets herself as a former advisor to the president responsible for over 400,000 lives lost, is continuing to promote herself, but while she does it she needs a paycheck. While she’s been connected to self-dealing with her charity to help dogs, it apparently isn’t enough to pay the bills or to get her the media attention she needs if she wants to become a senator. So how do you get all that free advertising? You take a job with Fox News.
Lara, who appeared this morning on Fox & Friends, was welcomed on board as a contributor but made it clear she was still considering a run at the Senate. Certainly, the Fox News deal helps her gain more name identification and a chance for her to advertise for free on a major network, but hey, she isn’t running yet, so this “is it or isn’t it” in-kind campaign contribution to a campaign that doesn’t quite exist seems okay, at least for now.
From Deadline News:
On Fox & Friends (video here), she said, “Fox has been very generous with me, and they have said, look, if that’s something that you ultimately decide to do, they’re going to work with me on that front, and make sure that all the rules are followed and we do everything properly. So thank you to the Fox team for allowing me to have the possibility that that’s in the future. I haven’t officially made a decision, but hopefully sometime soon.”
Lara Trump last week confirmed to Fox News’ Sean Hannity that she is considering a Senate run.
If she does get into the race, Lara Trump will likely have to end her role as contributor, as it raises issues not just with journalism ethics but federal election laws.
Fox News and Lara Trump are clearly aware that when she does run for office, she’ll have to leave the program, but for the time being raising her profile is going to be okay. The short-term rental agreement by Fox to stay in the good graces of the Trump Syndicate seems to work out well for them, and the use of Fox by Lara Trump for free media seems to work out well for her.
Nothing like a mutually parasitic relationship to say, “This should be your future senator, North Carolina.”