In the immediate aftermath of the US election, Israel-centered analysis focused on who President-elect Donald Trump would appoint to senior positions as a sign of whether Trump 2.0 on Israel would be similar to Trump 1.

The announcement on Sunday was the second time this weekend that President-elect Donald J. Trump offered an influential post to an in-law.

Massad Boulus is the father of Michael Boulos, who married Tiffany Trump in November 2022 at Mar-a-Lago after they got engaged at the White House during Trump’s first term. They met on the Greek island of Mykonos at a club owned by actor Lindsay Lohan, People magazine reported in 2022.