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'Huge fight': Warring factions inside Trump transition get into 'big blowup' at Mar-a-Lago (www.rawstory.com)
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Summary

Trump’s transition team is reportedly mired in infighting at Mar-a-Lago, with factions clashing over control and strategy for his return to the White House.

The Washington Post detailed heated disputes, including shouting matches, name-calling, and physical altercations.

Three key factions have emerged: one led by Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance, another by Trump ally Susie Wiles, and a third by Linda McMahon.

High-profile confrontations involve figures like Boris Epshteyn, Elon Musk, and Vance, highlighting tensions over Cabinet picks and leaks, further fracturing the team.

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[–] timmy_dean_sausage@lemmy.world 42 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

In other words; a bunch of ultra wealthy nepo-babies with the IQ/EQ comparable to the average 14 year old boy are hanging out at a luxury country club deciding the future of our nation, and despite having collectively been in the game for almost a decade, they still have no idea what they're doing.

We've come full circle, back to the "founding fathers" in terms of letting the wealthy few decide our future, yet our modern cast of wealthy few are wealthy fools who likely wouldn't survive a week without their personal assistants.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

because each and everyone of them think that they are the real shit

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It was nice having a break from these news stories for four years with a boring Biden administration.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What break? The media couldn’t give up their orange addiction. Remember how much news there was for every trial?

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

I didn't bother to pay attention because he wasn't at the levers of power the whole time. It was bliss.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 20 points 8 hours ago

Hopefully they just tear themselves apart from the inside and everyone just bails and we can have another election with some decent fucking candidates.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Trump’s team is slowly discovering why we have government and bureaucracy.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

they must have not got the memo that their infighting is exactly what boss Putin wanted.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

Yeah the sith had issues with infighting too, kind of a mark of authoritarian takeover.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 43 points 10 hours ago

Media companies have realized what foreign governments have known for years. If you want all the inside knowledge of what goes on in the Trump White House, send a spy to Mar-a-lago. You don't need clandestine agents when Trump and his crew discuss all this stuff openly, and all you have to do is pay to get in.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

Yet another headline you’d never have to worry about seeing under any other normal presidency.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 85 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I feel like if we're to get out of this unscathed it'll be because of this kind of infighting. AntiMAGA people in gov't should find as many ways to stir the pot as they can.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 47 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We're not getting out of this unscathed.

The infighting and arguing is, at best, the grifters trying to secure the best grift for themselves at the expense of everyone else.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago

No you're right, even if it's just chaos and infighting for the next four years we're all going to suffer

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 47 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

AntiMAGA people in gov’t should find as many ways to stir the pot as they can.

These people are so mature and well adjusted that this could be accomplished by simply walking up to Trump and saying "did you hear what Vance said about you last night?" and then walking up to Vance and saying "did you hear what Elon said about you?" and then asking Elon "did you hear what Don Jr said about you?" No elaboration, let their "imaginations" run wild.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There is probably at least one troll doing exactly that lol

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago

Honestly if I had the influence required id worm my way in just to do that. It emphasizes factionalism and forces them at eachothers throats.

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 101 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

This is why the Media helped Trump win. So they will have endless stories like this.

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 28 points 10 hours ago

I hated it so much last time. Too stressful. When Biden won in 2020 it felt like a weight was lifted off me.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 44 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I see a lot of takes like "The media learned nothing from 2016/2020."

My enby in Christ, our blessed ever perfect capitalism means they can NEVER 'learn' or even 'care' about what is best for the country. It will only ever be about the click$.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world -1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Late night talk show hosts are salivating at the thought of the next four years.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not for him, as he's not a traditional late night host, but for the rest of them, definitely. It's all they talked about for four years.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Because it was all they COULD talk about for 4 years. He monopolized the media landscape, pushing out much better material left and right.

Besides, being funny about something that's already both a joke and a tragedy is NOT anywhere near as easy as you might think.

Especially not when millions of people will send you death threats if you go to far and millions of people will stop watching if you go too easy.

And that's not even mentioning the real possibility that he might make mocking him illegal.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world -4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No need to bootlick talk show hosts. There is always plenty going on in the world. They choose to discuss him every night. To say that's all they could talk about is gross hyperbole. They are lazy. The writers are lazy. Trump is some of the lowest hanging fruit in the last 50 years.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

No need to bootlick talk show hosts

If that's what you think was going on, I hesitate to read the rest of your comment.. 🤦

There is always plenty going on in the world

Yeah, but talk show hosts have to stay relevant. They have to make jokes about what people are talking about.

What people are talking about is mainly determined about what legacy media covers and what goes viral on social media.

If both are dominated by whatever bullshit the Mango Mussolini is doing, the talk shows gotta talk about what the Mango Mussolini is doing.

To say that's all they could talk about is gross hyperbole

No, it's exaggeration for simplicity to make a point without getting bogged down in irrelevant details

They choose to discuss him every night.

THAT'S hyperbole, though. Hypocrisy too, by the looks of it.

They are lazy. The writers are lazy

More hypocrisy with your lazy and narrow minded jumping to conclusions 🙄

I was right. I shouldn't have read on.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world -3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The fact that you're defending late night talk show hosts so hard is odd. Do you work for one of the shows?

No one is putting a gun to their head and forcing them to discus the orange man. It's a choice. This can't be argued.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not defending anyone, I'm explaining how it works. It's not my fault that you're being an unfortunate combination of dense and inexplicably hostile 🤷

No one is putting a gun to their head and forcing them to discus the orange man. It's a choice.

Their job is literally to make topical jokes and interview people. In order for people to laugh at topical jokes, they need to know about the thing being joked about.

Talk show hosts COULD make their monologues about better topics than Trump, but if Trump is all anyone is talking about, people aren't going to get any of the references and the whole thing will fall flat.

This can't be argued

You're right. It's nonsense. I've explained how it workers and why it works like that now, so if you still cling to your pet hypothesis about all comedy writers being lazy hacks who love writing about Trump, I'm not going to waste any more time and effort. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.

Have the day you deserve.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world -1 points 6 hours ago

You and I define hostile very differently. If you can't have a calm conversation with perceiving hostility, I would advise against online conversations. Interpreting tone of text without hearing a literal tone of voice and facial expressions can be difficult for some.

Not everyone is talking about Trump. That's a serious case of TDS. Just because the media, who loves him, for obvious reasons, chooses to discuss him 24/7 doesn't imply the average person is. I can't recall the last time I spoke to someone in person about him. It happens enough online for my taste.

You can word it how you want, but you are defending them; a thing can be two things. I'm sorry if this upsets you.

Have a wonderful weekend. You deserve it.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 17 points 10 hours ago

I see a bunch of middle school boys

[–] superkret 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Traditionally, disputes like this were resolved by all members of one faction having unfortunate fatal accidents in the same night.

[–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Pistols at dawn!

[–] superkret 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I was thinking more about long knives.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Why did I think of the one at stone henge back in the medieval era first and not the Nazi one?

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