The party is united in personal loyalty to the president-elect, but it is now made up of multiple groups with very different agendas
Over the past decade, Steve Bannon, the veteran strategist and podcast host, has been a pugnacious ally of Donald Trump, revelling in the task of taking on what he views as the liberal elite. But in the run-up to Trump’s inauguration for a second term on Monday, Bannon has been picking fights much closer to home — including an extraordinary bust-up with Elon Musk, the billionaire investor who has become one of the president-elect’s closest confidants.
In Congress, the biggest discussions surround the passage of Trump’s tax and spending plans, including the extension of his 2017 tax cuts and the spending reductions that Musk is overseeing in partnership with Vivek Ramaswamy, as part of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Republican leaders in Congress have been canvassing opinion on Capitol Hill to find the near-unanimous support they need for Trump’s policies, given their very small majorities.
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