With Donald Trump, everything is first and foremost a family affair. When the US president-elect appeared on stage in Palm Beach, Florida, to celebrate his victory, on the night of Tuesday November 5 to Wednesday November 6, they were all there. His wife, Melania, whom he kissed as he thanked his many children and their spouses. “Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany, Baron, Lara, Jared, Kimberly, Michael, thank you all, what a help! »proclaimed Mr. Trump.
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The wheel turns in Mr. Trump's family: Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, who had considerable influence during his first term, were present but clearly withdrew from the “firm” after the assault on the Capitol , in Washington on January 6, 2021. For the moment, it is more his son Eric, married to Lara Yunaska, who became, at the beginning of 2024, patron of the Republican National Committee, who is put forward.
Behind the family appeared some illustrious strangers. Donald Trump suggested, in vain, that Susie Wiles take the floor. This self-effacing woman is the one who led the Republican's victorious campaign. At 67, this grandmother from Florida is one of the candidates to occupy the crucial position of chief of staff at the White House. “Wiles earned the trust of Trump, who appreciated her willingness to help him after he left the White House, and she is widely respected by the campaign team and members of Congress”écrit Politico. The choice is delicate, with Mr. Trump having exhausted four chiefs of staff during the four chaotic years he spent as president of the country.
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The president-elect's choices are eclectic and unpredictable. The game of predictions, attempted by the American media, is delicate, but the personalities gravitating in the Trump galaxy can shed light on his intentions.
The newest member of the family is Elon Musk. He was at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Florida residence, on the day of the vote, but he did not appear on the victory scene. Which did not prevent the winner of the evening from pronouncing endless praise of the billionaire. The president-elect will probably never thank Joe Biden enough for refusing to invite, in the summer of 2021, Mr. Musk to a summit on electric cars at the White House, under the pretext that the Tesla factories were not union members, and for claiming, against all truth, that General Motors had invented the electric car. This cronyism of Mr. Biden aroused in Mr. Musk an unquenchable hatred, making him his first opponent.
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