Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump and daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump, debuted her new Fox News show Saturday night, simply titled My View with Lara Trump.
The show opened with Trump laying out the hour-long programâs objectives: to restore common sense, to explore new frontiers, and to talk to those the liberal media will only talk about. In the case of its premiere episode, the host decided to spend the hour arguing against the idea that her father-in-law, of âgrab âem by the p---yâ fame, has a problem with women.
Trump argued that her dear old dad-in-lawâs administration is full of âincredibly impressive women,â including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, all of whom were interviewed on the show.
The interviews were fairly painful to watch, as it was clear that everyone involved is attempting to hit talking points that have been approved by the powers-that-be. This presidential pandering makes the entire show feel like little more than incredibly amateur theater rather than something that passes for journalism.
All three of Laraâs guests fawned over the president, making sure to stress just how supportive he is of them as women and as, at least in Leavittâs case, new moms attempting to juggle having both a family and a career. Bondi, meanwhile, called Leavitt âone of [my] favorites,â adding that Trump empowers everyone who works for himâmen and women alikeâand that ultimately, âhe just wants the best person for the job.â
Leavitt sang Trumpâs praises as a leader, stressing the fact that heâs a âgreat listenerâ who âvalues the opinions of everybody in the roomâ and is âso generous with his time.â
Gabbard, meanwhile, opened up about her decision to leave the Democratic Party in 2022 before spending two years as an Independent and eventually joining the Republican Party last year. Gabbard claimed that the Democratic party had become âunrecognizableâ from the one she joined 20 years ago because, suddenly, âall they cared about was beating Donald Trump and silencing those who supported him.â
Perhaps the strangest part of the show was a Q&A segment at the end, where Trump fielded generic questions from viewers, including âwhat is one experience that shaped you significantly?â and âif you could interview anyone throughout history, who would it be?â (answers: trying out for the cheerleading team and her great grandmother, respectively).
Perhaps more than anything else in the episode, itâs these questions that highlight the purpose of this show: to make Lara Trump a personable and relatable face of the Trump Administration and Family, and give them yet another avenue through which they can push their agenda.
One would have to know literally nothing else about Trumpâs behavior over the years to believe the central thesis of this episode; that heâs supportive of women, particularly those who work for him, but âpeople who know nothing about Trump except what Fox News has told them" are undoubtedly the sole audience for this vanity project.
