All posts tagged "Succession Plan"

An analyst Wednesday described the MAGA battle unfolding over President Donald Trump's succession as infighting has ensued within the Republican party.

The Guardian's Moira Donegan wrote in an opinion piece that cracks have emerged in the Trump administration and MAGA as the president's influence has begun to lessen.

"The sharks can smell blood in the water. After a decade in eerie command of the Republican party, with primary voters in his cult-like thrall and down-ballot elected officials feeling they have no choice – and often no inclination – to diverge from him, Donald Trump suddenly seems not quite in control of his own political machine," Donegan wrote. ...

A columnist Wednesday described the "awkward déjà vu" in Washington, D.C. as President Donald Trump shows visible decline and the question arising: who, or what, will push him out or succeed him.

The Daily Beast's Joanna Coles, Chief Creative and Content Officer, described in a column how Trump, who has repeatedly attacked former President Joe Biden's cognitive abilities, frequently suggested that Biden was mentally unfit to serve as president, mockingly portrayed Biden as senile, referenced his age and apparent moments of confusion, has now faced the same concerns and criticism over his own mental and health capacity.

Only this time it's not quite the same....

Rick Wilson, political strategist and co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, described the harsh reality for MAGA after President Donald Trump dies.

In a Substack essay published Tuesday, Wilson identified how "what happens next will be ugly and dangerous" as Trump ages and ultimately meets his demise.

"We don’t spend enough time on how much chaos and blood comes after that tap in the Generallismo’s shoulder, on the inevitable collapse of systems built around a single man entail," he wrote....

Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple Inc. on Wednesday, in a long expected move after he began a dramatic fight with cancer. He has been replaced by Tim Cook, who was previously Apple's Chief Operating Officer.