President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as the next secretary of state, and the Capitol Hill vacancy created could soon be filled by a quite literally familiar name, The Post can reveal: the once and future prez’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
Those close to the 42-year-old mother of two say she is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ definitive top choice to replace Rubio in the DC trenches.
“That’s a fact,” one source near Trump and her political career told The Post. And even Tesla CEO and Trump administration adviser Elon Musk is talking to her about the career move.
“But she needs to make a decision. That’s hard when Elon and everyone else is encouraging you to do it,” the source said.
Lara, who’s married to Trump’s second son and Trump Organization boss Eric, is Republican National Committee co-chair, and she’s been receiving serious internal GOP recognition after her father-in-law’s stunning Election Day victory.
She would join Sen. Rick Scott on Capitol Hill in a new GOP majority that’s reportedly laser-focused on tax cuts and immigration reform.
At her very first campaign speech in northern Michigan months ago, she told The Post she’d “consider” her post-election future only after she secured Republicans the White House and Senate majority.
That time has come.
If selected, Trump would represent a state that voted for her father-in-law over Vice President Kamala Harris by a more than 13-point margin, 56.1% to 43%.
Rubio won his last election, in 2022, by more than 16 points, mounted a serious presidential campaign of his own and has spent the last two decades building an army of allies — and donors — in the Beltway.
Those are some big shoes to fill, but the Lady Trump has been walking tall in 3-inch heels for a while now.
She can handle a challenge.
