Lara Trump disputes the famous story of what motivated Donald Trump to seek the presidency

It's long been conventional wisdom among Washington politicos that the seeds of President Trump's White House aspirations were sown when he attended the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner -- and then-President Barack Obama roasted him from the podium. But Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, says that's not the case.

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