How America's First Family Will Play a Role in the New Administration

Donald Trump's family will likely be less formally involved in White House business in his second term than they were in the first, but some will remain key to his political operation as unofficial advisers.

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Here is a look at how Trump's wife, five children and other relatives will play a role in the new administration after the US presidential inauguration on Jan 20.

MELANIA TRUMP

Mrs Melania Trump - who met the President-elect at a party in 1998 and wed him in 2005 - returns as First Lady to the White House, which she plans to make her primary residence.

This would differ from Trump's first term, when his wife did not join him at the official residence for several months so that their son Barron, then 10, could finish school in New York.

She fulfilled traditional First Lady duties when she finally moved in - taking charge of state dinners and promoting her favourite causes, including a campaign against online bullying.

She has always been her own boss - feeling little obligation to accompany her husband to rallies and other events - and courting controversy with a coat bearing the slogan "I really don't care, do you?" as she headed to a migrant children's shelter.

DONALD TRUMP JR

Trump's eldest son, known as Don Jr, is a darling of the Maga (Make America Great Again) movement and is considered to have his thumb on the pulse of the base.

His Triggered podcast is influential among the President-elect's most ardent supporters, and he is said to have had significant sway in the selection of J.D. Vance as vice-president.