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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    3 hours ago

    Following the Watergate scandal, ‘-gate’ became the suffix to label subsequent scandals.

    I propose stories associated with Trump, and other stupid scandals, be encrusted with the suffix ‘-a-Lago’.

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    Trump promised the social media nutjob faction, the corrupt billionaire faction, and the low-brow entertainment faction that they’d each get to call all the shots. Kinda awkward when they all get in the same room together.

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    I think the US is going to have a health epidemic of falling-out-of-windows soon.

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    Hey you know what we could put in there? It’s a huge empty space dude! You could totally put a trampoline in there!

    Just jump in thru one ear, bounce and jump out the other! He would be non the wiser! I’m surprised he walks around and says things.

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    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.

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

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      Nah. They needed trump, still.

      “Economy showing signs of recovery” didn’t help the GqP at all and it needed to be swapped out for something valueless that sells papers. Thus, trump.

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

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    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.

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      Hell, the dipshits willingly talked to the Watergate guy who ended up writing a book about it (instead of actually telling people about the shit, because that doesn’t make you money).

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    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.

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      We didn’t get out unscathed last time. The fucker got 2 SCOTUS appointments and whole mess of lower judges.

      No chance we’re fine after this one either.

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      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.

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

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      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.