Inside the factions jostling for Donald Trump’s ear at Mar-a-Lago [Video]

17:05 EST 04 Dec 2024, updated 20:32 EST 04 Dec 2024 By

Donald Trump‘s campaign team showed few signs of fracturing in the months ahead of Election Day.

With one, unifying aim—to beat Kamala Harris—leaks, public bust-ups, firings, and fallings out were kept to a minimum.

But in the weeks since, tensions have occasionally blown up in public as key Trump aides and officials jostle to get their favorite candidates into the Cabinet or a plum White House role.

Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed ‘first buddy,’ used his own social media platform X lobby for  Howard Lutnick to picked as Treasury secretary over hedge fund manager and Trump favorite Scott Bessent, who eventually got the nod.

Boris Epshteyn, the adviser who built Trump’s legal teams, has been briefed against by people seeking to limit his influence over the president-elect.

And then there are the obvious fault lines in the form of potential liberals drafted into key position, such as Robert …