And he hasn’t even moved in yet.
Emily Jane Fox
Throughout Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency, reports of rival factions and internecine conflicts have dogged the candidate. There were the old-timers—the Corey Lewandowskis and the Hope Hickses—who took the idea from what was largely a publicity stunt to one that actually started winning key Republican primaries toppling G.O.P. favorites like dominos. There were the new guns, too—Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Bannon—who came in just as the campaign was careening off a cliff and managed to pull off a victory in November. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was in the mix, too, excising Chris Christie, who locked up his own father more than a decade ago, first from the short list of vice presidential candidates and then from his perch atop the transition team.
Throughout Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency, reports of rival factions and internecine conflicts have dogged the candidate. There were the old-timers—the Corey Lewandowskis and the Hope Hickses—who took the idea from what was largely a publicity stunt to one that actually started winning key Republican primaries toppling G.O.P. favorites like dominos. There were the new guns, too—Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Bannon—who came in just as the campaign was careening off a cliff and managed to pull off a victory in November. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was in the mix, too, excising Chris Christie, who locked up his own father more than a decade ago, first from the short list of vice presidential candidates and then from his perch atop the transition team.
The
in-fighting only deepened after the election, as Trump’s allies
jockeyed for key roles within the administration. And as the
president-elect finalizes his appointments and fills out his West Wing,
it appears as though he hasn’t made choices that will bring peace to
these warring factions once they officially move to Washington.
Trouble Brewing in GOP Paradise???
