As well they should be.Insiders paint a picture of constant score-keeping and simmering suspicion within Trump world — one even called it “vitriolic.” And they foresee incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, the party stalwart, and chief strategist Steve Bannon, the populist firebrand, headed for an inevitable clash.
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Trump, a businessman-turned-politician, has long encouraged competition between factions within his organizations, creating a pressure-cooker environment where almost every decision resulted in a winner and a loser. In the end, one side would be vanquished and another would take its place, and the cycle would repeat.
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Now, as Trump builds out his government, little seems to have changed.
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“The transition has taken a decidedly nasty and more vitriolic turn,” said another aide, who said each day brought “more division and more pieces of contention to argue over.”
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Priebus’ momentum has stoked concern among Trump’s conservative loyalists, who fear they will be left out in the cold after risking their careers to support him when few Republican operatives would.
Politico
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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