Trump team rivalries spark infighting
Trump team rivalries spark infighting
Veterans of the Trump campaign see many of the same old patterns emerging again.
By Kenneth P. Vogel, Nancy Cook and Alex Isenstadt 11/11/16 11:44 PM EST
The bitter infighting that plagued Donald Trump’s campaign during the Republican presidential primary is starting to spill over into his team’s efforts to establish an administration and political operation, according to more than half a dozen sources familiar with the planning efforts.
The tensions played a role in a Friday shakeup in which the president-elect replaced his transition team chief Chris Christie with his running mate Mike Pence. Sources familiar with the move say it was precipitated partly by clashes between Christie’s allies and rival factions on the transition team, as well as Trump’s influential son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Those rifts and others are complicating what was an already a herculean task for Trump’s team: building a massive new government for a man who has never held public office.
READ MORE: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/dona...
Veterans of the Trump campaign see many of the same old patterns emerging again.
By Kenneth P. Vogel, Nancy Cook and Alex Isenstadt 11/11/16 11:44 PM EST
The bitter infighting that plagued Donald Trump’s campaign during the Republican presidential primary is starting to spill over into his team’s efforts to establish an administration and political operation, according to more than half a dozen sources familiar with the planning efforts.
The tensions played a role in a Friday shakeup in which the president-elect replaced his transition team chief Chris Christie with his running mate Mike Pence. Sources familiar with the move say it was precipitated partly by clashes between Christie’s allies and rival factions on the transition team, as well as Trump’s influential son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Those rifts and others are complicating what was an already a herculean task for Trump’s team: building a massive new government for a man who has never held public office.
READ MORE: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/dona...
