Trump’s sons, daughter-in-law huddled with RNC leaders to discuss strategy: report

President Trump’s two elder sons and daughter-in-law huddled with Republican leaders at the party’s Washington headquarters this week to discuss the GOP’s strategy heading into the 2018 midterm elections and 2020 presidential race, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

The meeting, while Trump was away on his first foreign visit, came as the president and his White House face controversies and questions regarding Russia.

One person familiar with the meeting between GOP leaders, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and his wife Lara said that the Trumps voiced frustration over the questions and scandals swirling around the administration and sought to explore how the Republican campaign group could rally Trump’s political base, according to the Post.

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But two others familiar with the meeting told the Post that the president’s family members did not attempt to put pressure on the Republican National Committee to allow them to assert control over the party’s strategy or decision making. 

Among those present at the meeting were RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, former digital strategist for Trump’s campaign Brad Parscale, RNC Chief of Staff Sara Armstrong and Trump campaign committee chairman Michael Glassner, among others.

At least two leading Republicans briefed on the meeting with Trump’s family members were aggravated by the presence of the president’s sons, according to the Post, because of their role running their father’s expansive real estate empire. The separation of Trump’s presidency and business interests is seen by many strategists as a vulnerability.

Others, however, said the meeting offered the president’s family members, who were highly involved in his presidential bid last year, the opportunity to give input on how the party can assist Trump moving forward.