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Jockeying for power is always a feature in politics, but when it comes to getting ahead in Trump world, it’s barely below the surface. Even before the election, in fact, some top Republicans appeared to be maneuvering for a potential future in Donald Trump’s next administration.
McGraw discussed the potential makeup of Trump’s next Cabinet in a Playbook Deep Dive podcast conversation with Playbook editor Mike DeBonis, who covered House Republicans during the first Trump administration as they struggled to turn his unorthodox campaign agenda into actual policy.
“The Paul Ryan party is gone,” DeBonis said. “It’s Donald Trump’s party.”
Mike DeBonis: This is the most interesting leadership election of either party on Capitol Hill in probably 20 years. It’s hard to understate just how big of a deal this is because whoever gets this job, it’s going to be the culmination of their career most likely.
realize, too, that "media speculation" about appointees is really manipulation, just like it was when Pompeo floated himself and had the media float him, only for trump to say, nah thanks. These "news" are - also - meant to create pressure for appointments and "manufacture consent" - this time, consent in the inner circle by feigning "public interest" for the appointment.
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I agree. They might make it short but they talked a lot extensively about everyone. Who's paying them?
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Sometimes this media is strange, just a few days after Trump's victory, there were already strange issues.
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It's strange how they are trying to persuade a case for so many who are not worthy.
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Certainly, a new political landscape is seen with Trump winning the elections, having the Senate and all the political factors will give him a great advantage.
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