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21 Mar, 6 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: Trumpworld is at war over who controls the golden ticket — a Donald Trump endorsement. By ⁦@tomlobianco⁩ ($) ⁦@thisisinsider⁩ businessinsider.com/trump-endorsem…
Since late Feb, a small band of insiders led by Donald Trump Jr. and Bill Stepien have established themselves as gatekeepers for who gets endorsed & how fast those endorsements roll out, according to interviews with more than a half dozen Republican strategists & Trump advisors.
"One month ago, there were nine ways to win an endorsement. Now that's being winnowed down to just one," said one Republican working on 2022 congressional midterm races.
This consolidation of Trumpworld power in the chaotic months since Trump lost re-election have angered the Republicans who supported Trump but are not part of the tiny clique running Trump's post-White House political operation.
Some Trump loyalists & GOP operatives outside of Trump's inner sanctum derided the development by Stepien, in particular, to preserve power for himself. Longtime Trump advisors & others have knocked the Stepien team for losing in 2020 but still controlling access to Trump.
“It’s become a very big source of contention," said a former Trump WH aide keeping tabs on the endorsement struggle. "It is ridiculous that someone who didn't do a good job in the campaign is now out there leading the charge and getting all the rewards after doing a s****y job."

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