--- title: Mike Huckabee's Daughter Joins Donald Trump Campaign description: Donald Trump announced Thursday that Mike Huckabee's daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is joining his campaign. canonical: https://time.com/4237825/donald-trump-sarah-huckabee-campaign/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-25T20:43:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:09.667Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mike Huckabee's Daughter Joins Donald Trump's Campaign og:description: Donald Trump announced Thursday that Mike Huckabee's daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is joining his campaign. og:url: https://time.com/4237825/donald-trump-sarah-huckabee-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7055f954b09726e/69887ee30a4a22fd939c8841/donald-trump10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns In South Carolina Ahead Of State's Primary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mike Huckabee's Daughter Joins Donald Trump's Campaign twitter:description: Donald Trump announced Thursday that Mike Huckabee's daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is joining his campaign. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7055f954b09726e/69887ee30a4a22fd939c8841/donald-trump10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:00 video:published: 2015-12-08 section: video topics: photo shoot, bald eagle, magazine cover, TIME magazine, animal handling, behind the scenes genre: behind-the-scenes, clip tones: playful, casual, admiring emotions: amusement (medium), admiration (medium), excitement (low) sentiment: positive audience: TIME readers, general news audiences, magazine enthusiasts people: Donald Trump organizations: TIME products: TIME magazine cover content_suitability: violence [00:48-00:50] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Mike Huckabee's Daughter Joins Donald Trump's Campaign > Sponsored content. 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Last August, as Person of the Year runner-up Donald Trump was establishing himself as a real contender, the candidate agreed to pose with a bald eagle for a TIME cover story._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A short clip shows a crew and an unnamed speaker discussing a photo shoot with a bald eagle for a TIME cover. The speaker says the shoot is almost done and reflects on the generosity shown, while acknowledging the bird is dangerous but beautiful. The clip ends with the speaker joking about what people will do for a magazine cover. ## Key points - The speaker says the photo shoot is almost done. (00:14) - The speaker describes the subject as a really generous person. (00:28) - The speaker says the shoot will not be repeated. (00:38) - The speaker says they are doing this for a cover of Time magazine. (00:42) - The speaker says they love Time magazine. (00:44) - The speaker jokes about what one will do for a magazine cover. (00:46) - The speaker describes the bird as seriously dangerous but beautiful. (00:48) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:28] Preparing the eagle photo shoot. Crew members give directions as the shoot proceeds and the speaker comments on the subject's generosity. - [00:28 to 01:00] Remarks on the cover and the bird. The speaker discusses the Time magazine cover and warns that the bird is dangerous yet beautiful. ## Key quotes - [00:42] speaker: "I'm doing this on the cover of Time magazine." - [00:44] speaker: "I love Time magazine." - [00:46] speaker: "What you will do for a cover." - [00:48] speaker: "This bird is seriously dangerous, but beautiful." ## Questions this video answers - What magazine is the photo shoot intended for? [00:42] - How does the speaker describe the bird? [00:48] - Will the shoot be repeated? [00:38] ## Content suitability - violence [00:48-00:50]: Speaker warns the bird is seriously dangerous, a mild reference to potential harm to people handling it.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 25, 2016 8:43 PM UTC  Donald Trump speaks to voters in Bluffton, SC on Feb. 17, 2016. Donald Trump speaks to voters in Bluffton, SC on Feb. 17, 2016. Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 25, 2016 8:43 PM UTC Donald Trump announced Thursday that Mike Huckabee’s daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is joining his campaign. “I have great respect for Governor Mike Huckabee and we have a mutual admiration for our wonderful families. It is great to have his daughter, Sarah, join the campaign,” Trump said in a statement. “What makes Mr. Trump my choice for president is he will break the grip of the donor class on our government and make it accountable to working families again,” said Sanders, who is joining Trump’s team as a senior advisor. Sanders’ father, the former Arkansas Governor, was previously Trump’s rival for the Republican nomination and [dropped out of the race](http://time.com/4203702/iowa-caucuses-mike-huckabee-ends/) immediately after the Iowa caucus results rolled in. Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008 as well and won the Iowa caucus that year, has yet to endorse someone in the race. The announcement could be a hint that he’ll throw his weight behind Trump. Huckabee is [no fan of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz](http://time.com/4195668/mike-huckabee-ted-cruz-adele/), who successfully appealed to Huckabee’s evangelical Christian base during this campaign. But Huckabee does have a close relationship with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; Rubio endorsed him in 2008, and Huckabee helped Rubio in his Senate election in 2010\. If Huckabee’s daughter’s new gig on team Trump is any indication, those ties with Rubio may be strained. ## Transcript [00:00] You're going to go faster. [00:01] Yeah. [00:09] How's my Aaron? [00:09] Oh, good. [00:10] No, no, no, no. [00:14] And that. It's [00:21] almost done here at the great part, Right. [00:23] Which is a very, very, [00:27] you know, [00:28] show the spirit of his as a really [00:36] generous. [00:38] Yeah, We're not doing it again, [00:41] obviously, but something. [00:42] I'm doing this on the cover of Time magazine. [00:44] I love Time magazine. [00:46] What you will do for a cover. 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