Multiple political sources close to the family have explained that Trump Jr. has been specifically looking for a partner who would channel his mother Melania’s energy as a ploy to earn his father’s respect.

As president-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are managing plans to get his second term in the Oval Office up and running, Donald Trump Jr. and his team (or, presumably, at least a public relations professional) are managing the transition out of his relationship with Kimberly Guilfoyle.

It was an announcement made amid a swirl of tabloid speculation: Kimberly Guilfoyle, a loyalist of President-elect Donald J. Trump and — more pointedly — the fiancée of his son Donald Jr., had been named as his choice to be ambassador to Greece.