Summary

Trump’s transition team is reportedly mired in infighting at Mar-a-Lago, with factions clashing over control and strategy for his return to the White House.

The Washington Post detailed heated disputes, including shouting matches, name-calling, and physical altercations.

Three key factions have emerged: one led by Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance, another by Trump ally Susie Wiles, and a third by Linda McMahon.

High-profile confrontations involve figures like Boris Epshteyn, Elon Musk, and Vance, highlighting tensions over Cabinet picks and leaks, further fracturing the team.

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    This is why the Media helped Trump win. So they will have endless stories like this.

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      I see a lot of takes like “The media learned nothing from 2016/2020.”

      My enby in Christ, our blessed ever perfect capitalism means they can NEVER ‘learn’ or even ‘care’ about what is best for the country. It will only ever be about the click$.

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      I hated it so much last time. Too stressful. When Biden won in 2020 it felt like a weight was lifted off me.

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    I feel like if we’re to get out of this unscathed it’ll be because of this kind of infighting. AntiMAGA people in gov’t should find as many ways to stir the pot as they can.

    EDIT: y’all - definitely agree that we’re not getting out of this unscathed, you can quit pointing out my poor choice of words

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      AntiMAGA people in gov’t should find as many ways to stir the pot as they can.

      These people are so mature and well adjusted that this could be accomplished by simply walking up to Trump and saying “did you hear what Vance said about you last night?” and then walking up to Vance and saying “did you hear what Elon said about you?” and then asking Elon “did you hear what Don Jr said about you?” No elaboration, let their “imaginations” run wild.

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      We’re not getting out of this unscathed.

      The infighting and arguing is, at best, the grifters trying to secure the best grift for themselves at the expense of everyone else.

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        No you’re right, even if it’s just chaos and infighting for the next four years we’re all going to suffer

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      We didn’t get out unscathed last time. The fucker got 2 3 SCOTUS appointments and whole mess of lower judges.

      No chance we’re fine after this one either.

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    In other words; a bunch of ultra wealthy nepo-babies with the IQ/EQ comparable to the average 14 year old boy are hanging out at a luxury country club deciding the future of our nation, and despite having collectively been in the game for almost a decade, they still have no idea what they’re doing.

    We’ve come full circle, back to the “founding fathers” in terms of letting the wealthy few decide our future, yet our modern cast of wealthy few are wealthy fools who likely wouldn’t survive a week without their personal assistants.

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    Following the Watergate scandal, ‘-gate’ became the suffix to label subsequent scandals.

    I propose stories associated with Trump, and other stupid scandals, be encrusted with the suffix ‘-a-Lago’.

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    Media companies have realized what foreign governments have known for years. If you want all the inside knowledge of what goes on in the Trump White House, send a spy to Mar-a-lago. You don’t need clandestine agents when Trump and his crew discuss all this stuff openly, and all you have to do is pay to get in.

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      Hell, the dipshits willingly talked to the Watergate guy who ended up writing a book about it (instead of actually telling people about the shit, because that doesn’t make you money).

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        What? Woodward and Bernstein were told about the investigation by an associate director of the FBI.

        It was already a crime being investigated by the FBI before the articles. Deep Throat was a high ranking FBI agent.

        Some of yall need to read a little history if you’re going to base opinions on it because everything you said is wrong.

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          I think he’s talking the more recent stuff in which donvict’s people talked to Woodward, but Woodward held all that information from the American people, only to release it in a book later…

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    This happened throughout his first term as well as within the Trump Organization before he sought public office. His management style seems to be one where the boss pits everyone against each other to keep all would-be dethroners at bay. It’s not the best way to distribute the keys of power, but it is a good way to keep anyone from challenging the leader even in the slightest.

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    Trump promised the social media nutjob faction, the corrupt billionaire faction, and the low-brow entertainment faction that they’d each get to call all the shots. Kinda awkward when they all get in the same room together.

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    Wow. It’s almost like when you hire nothing but back stabbers and grifters, you get people who only know to back stab and grift.

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    Three key factions have emerged: one led by Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance, another by Trump ally Susie Wiles, and a third by Linda McMahon.

    No, that’s one faction: Trump’s. This is how he does business. Creates infighting, brokers a deal, comes out ahead.