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WaPo: As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can't stop the ugly infighting
WaPo - (archived: https://archive.ph/5ugYU ) As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can’t stop the ugly infighting
A new clash between Stephen K. Bannon and Elon Musk epitomizes the fraught and bellicose confederation that surrounds Donald Trump.
January 13, 2025 at 12:01 p.m. EST
Analysis by Aaron Blake
In one week, the MAGA movement will make its triumphant return to the top echelon of power in Washington, with President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration. This time, he will lead a party and congressional contingent more thoroughly crafted in his image.
But that in and of itself has created problems, because the MAGA movement has always been a loosely stitched-together confederation led by a man with relatively few ideological convictions. It and he have always been much more animated by Trump the man than any particular set of ideals. And because Trump has proved so malleable, there is a premium on being the one in his ear.
That dynamic is already leading to a rash of infighting over who grabs that ear and guides both Trump and his base.
And the fight over what Trumpism means has gotten quite ugly, quite quickly.
While the battles before were mostly between the old Republican establishment and MAGA, the new ones are largely between different sectors of the MAGA movement jostling for influence.
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A new clash between Stephen K. Bannon and Elon Musk epitomizes the fraught and bellicose confederation that surrounds Donald Trump.
January 13, 2025 at 12:01 p.m. EST
Analysis by Aaron Blake
In one week, the MAGA movement will make its triumphant return to the top echelon of power in Washington, with President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration. This time, he will lead a party and congressional contingent more thoroughly crafted in his image.
But that in and of itself has created problems, because the MAGA movement has always been a loosely stitched-together confederation led by a man with relatively few ideological convictions. It and he have always been much more animated by Trump the man than any particular set of ideals. And because Trump has proved so malleable, there is a premium on being the one in his ear.
That dynamic is already leading to a rash of infighting over who grabs that ear and guides both Trump and his base.
And the fight over what Trumpism means has gotten quite ugly, quite quickly.
While the battles before were mostly between the old Republican establishment and MAGA, the new ones are largely between different sectors of the MAGA movement jostling for influence.
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