Book contents
- The Enablers
- Other Leadership Books by Barbara Kellerman
- The Enablers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Prologue – Enabler
- Part I Trump’s Tribe
- 1 Base
- 2 Party
- 3 Administration
- 4 Inner Circle
- Part II Virus Crisis
- Part III Trump’s Team
- Epilogue – Enabler Effect
- Notes
- Index
4 - Inner Circle
from Part I - Trump’s Tribe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2021
- The Enablers
- Other Leadership Books by Barbara Kellerman
- The Enablers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Prologue – Enabler
- Part I Trump’s Tribe
- 1 Base
- 2 Party
- 3 Administration
- 4 Inner Circle
- Part II Virus Crisis
- Part III Trump’s Team
- Epilogue – Enabler Effect
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Trump did not have an “inner circle” as this term is conventionally understood. That is, he was a lifelong loner, so did not have personal, professional, or political intimates. He did, however, of course, have some people around him to whom he was, relatively, close, most of whom stayed for the duration of his administration. Trump’s inner circle is divided into three groups: 1) outer ring: 2) middle ring; and 3) inner ring. In the outer ring were people such as longtime immigration maven Stephen Miller, as well as Hope Hicks and Kellyanne Conway. In the middle ring are key players such as Vice President Mike Pence and Don Jr. And in the inner ring are Trump’s well-loved daughter, Ivanka, and her indispensable advisor-husband, Jared Kushner. The First Lady, Melania Trump, is separately discussed.
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- The EnablersHow Team Trump Flunked the Pandemic and Failed America, pp. 71 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021