President-elect Trump’s extended family will fill his inner circle during his second term while his immediate family members step back from formal roles, a change in dynamics from his first administration.

Trump gave the fathers-in-law of two of his daughters an ambassadorship and an advisor role, and named his son’s ex-girlfriend to another ambassadorship. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., will likely continue their public messaging for their father while his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has the backing from the president-elect to grow her political career.

But, in a glaring difference from his first term, Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner aren’t expected to take on formal titles, despite previously serving as senior advisers for Trump’s first four years.

Some political observers say keeping the family close in politics could prove to be a double-edge sword.

“The family members he’s appointing are extremely loyal, so that sort of makes sense from the perspective of how Donald Trump does things,” said Peter Loge, a professor of politics at George Washington University and a senior advisor with the FDA during the Obama administration. “But I’m not sure it’s the best way to run a country.”

Still, several of Trump’s extended family are expected to pepper the administration in several forms.

They include Charles Kushner, Ivanka’s father-in-law, who was picked to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to France and Massad Boulos, the father-in-law to Trump’s daughter Tiffany, who was named senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, who previously was in a relationship with Donald Trump Jr. before the two recently broke up, was named ambassador to Greece in the president-elect’s second term.

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