I don’t know Susie Wiles.  I once blamed her for some of Trump’s bad endorsements and only later learned I was just being used by people who didn’t like her and had an ax to grind.  It was a reminder of just how self-interested some people are.  A lot of people see Donald Trump not so much as an advancement of policy interests, but an advancement of their own bottom line.

To Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita’s credit, they have done a very good job of marginalizing those people and keeping Trump as focused as they can.  Trump, an extrovert, chats with everybody and lots of people get into his head.  Managing that alone can be difficult.  Wiles and LaCivita took things to the next level and not only won, but won the popular vote.  Sure, Trump gets the credit. But as someone who has run campaigns, the staff work magic.

One of the difficulties, worth sharing, is that LaCivita was also the target of a hit job. The publication smeared him as getting rich off Trump.  Lots of others have or have tried to.  As Corey Lewandowski tried to reassert himself back into the campaign, curiously, more rumors about LaCivita spread.  The allegation has been that Lewandowski, who I don’t think is a good person, was trying to undermine LaCivita’s role in the campaign.  That effort ended on Election Night. It was LaCivita on stage, not Lewandowski.  And now, thankfully, the two people who kept the grifters at bay will be there to continue helping Trump focus and keeping his supporters from being taken advantage of.  The details matter, so listen to this from today’s show.

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