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The wives of the two eldest Trump sons have wildly different approaches to politics - and it could be tearing the first family apart

Kate Taylor   

The wives of the two eldest Trump sons have wildly different approaches to politics - and it could be tearing the first family apart
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Lara (far left) and Vanessa (far right) Trump have taken different approaches to father-in-law Donald Trump's rise to political power.

  • Lara and Vanessa Trump - the wives of the two eldest sons of President Donald Trump - have divergent approaches to being part of a family that has catapulted into political power. 
  • Vanessa, who is married to Donald Trump Jr., has kept a low profile politically and is rumored to be considering divorce - perhaps due in part to her husband's approach to politics.
  • Lara, married to Eric Trump, is already an official advisor for Trump's reelection efforts and is emerging as the "public face of Donald Trump's 2020 campaign." 

Lara and Vanessa Trump - the wives of the two eldest sons of President Donald Trump - were thrust into the political arena in 2016 when their father-in-law was elected president of the United States. 

Neither Vanessa, who is married to Donald Trump Jr., nor Lara, who is married to Eric Trump, have received as much press as Jared Kushner. Kushner, who is married to first daughter Ivanka Trump, is a White House senior advisor. 

However, Lara has recently started carving out her own spot in supporting the Trump administration and is emerging as one of the early leaders of Trump's 2020 reelection campaign.

Meanwhile, Vanessa has kept a low profile since Trump's election. On Wednesday, Page Six reported that there were rumors she and Donald Jr. were considering divorce. 

Here's a comparison of the two first daughters-in-law - and how their paths have diverged since Donald Trump's election:

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