Posted on 11/18/2024 5:17:20 PM PST by RummyChick
For a while, Donald Trump's transition kept up a record-setting pace with top Cabinet picks being named against a backdrop of calm consensus.
But the knives are now out, with advisers leaking against each other to the press amid the scramble to parachute allies into plum jobs.
'Winning helped make everything better for a bit but this is still politics and there are always scores to settle and axes to grind,' said a source familiar with the workings of Trump's inner circle.
In the most widely publicized example, Axios was tipped that Tesla founder Elon Musk and Trump legal adviser Boris Epshteyn had a 'major blowup' during dinner at Mar-a-Lago last week.
The report claimed Musk bristled at Epshteyn's influence on Cabinet picks and accused him of leaking details to the media, charges he vociferously denied.
At the same time, Musk's new role as 'first buddy' to Trump, has irked others in the circle who hope that he soon falls out of favor with a boss who likes there to be only one center of attention.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Elon is a perfect cudgel for Trump, despite some inevitable bumps in the coming road.
I trust Elon.
I ALSO TRUST ELON
Unnamed source from the Daily Mail.
WHO'S THE LEAKER? Probably the FIB with all phones, emails, etc. TAPPED just like last time.
Elon should give Trump STARLINK SATELLITE COMMS that the FIB can't HACK!
They all seem pretty happy to me.
The Daily Smear .
The Trump hating lefty brit rag .
Melania won a huge lawsuit in 2015 for a DM hit piece .
Trust nothing from that rag.
Boris Epshteyn was a regular on the Bannon War room....but quit to be adviser to Ron DeSantis in his bid for President of USA running against Trump.
Possible intentional leak from the inside to see who leaked it.
Throw a couple versions out to internal staff and see which one makes the news.
Source is Axios...Democrat party mouthpiece. Not sure if anyone in their right mind would leak to them, or if Axios would just make crap up.
Prayers that all moles and wolves in sheep’s clothing be promptly exposed and removed from Trump’s inner circle!
“I absolutely DON”T trust Boris Epshteyn. ... I trust Elon.”
I tend to agree.
You knew it would. Only a matter of time. Washington is a den of thieves and a parliament of whores.
Even that Argentina President was getting in a snit because Trump hadnt contacted him when he had been in contact with so many other leaders. That got taken care of with an invite to Mar-a-lago.
Dont believe any of it.
not sure if Stroud was trying to do the trump dance and doesn’t know how or this was just some other dance
https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1858690096498679922
That wasn’t Boris. It was Steve Cortez who went on the DeSantis band wagon.
Ever since then, Cortez is banned from appearing on War Room.
It is the Daily mail. Let’s don’t give them credit until they name their source.
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