With the highly anticipated 2024 presidential election less than three months away, Donald Trump’s campaign is facing more than just the struggle to keep him on message.
Inside sources have revealed that there could be problems for the team as there is a potential for power shifts and tension ahead of the November 5 election. The issue is reportedly at bay—for now—but threatens to explode again if there are strongly opposing views on how to approach campaign strategy.
The current chiefs, Trump favorites Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, remain in their leadership positions despite rumors that they might be ousted. Corey Lewandowski, who served as Trump’s campaign chief in the 2016 election cycle, was previously said to be coming in to take over running the current campaign.
However, tensions eased up when news broke earlier this month that Lewandowski returned to the Trump campaign to assist as an adviser rather than replace leadership. But sources say that the lessened tension might be temporary. Should the campaign come across hard times again as it strives to beat Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, strategy disagreements between the chiefs and the adviser might result in a major setback.
Apparently, the worry of this taking place does not focus on which leadership would be retained (Trump favors LaCivita and Wiles) but is instead concern for the campaign losing sight of its priority of winning the White House. Harris is already threatening to pose quite a risk to Trump’s confidence in victory as she has eliminated his previous lead in swing states where he was favored when President Joe Biden was his opponent.
Sources emphasized that the campaign would struggle to come back from an internal power struggle between LaCivita and Lewandowski—who is controversial on his own after he was kicked out a pro-Trump political action committee (PAC) for alleged inappropriate behavior with a donor’s wife.
The campaign communication director, Steven Cheung, has warned that there are “fabricated stories” about the GOP campaign which he said are “nothing more than click bait.”
