Team Trump 2.0! TOM LEONARD looks at who is in with the future US president-elect and who’s right out in the cold

It was the victory entourage that spoke volumes about who’s in and who’s out in Crew Trump.

Donald’s youngest son Barron, darling of the MAGA crowd, nearly in pole place with mom Melania, whereas Barron’s half-sister Ivanka – as soon as the apple of Daddy’s eye – out in social Siberia with husband Jared Kushner on the far-right of the image above.

It is the value the couple, who have been two of Mr Trump’s closest advisers throughout his first time period, needed to pay for deserting him throughout his 2024 marketing campaign.

In a telling indication of their very own falling stars and the unlikely rise of others within the Trump firmament, even a bald-headed combined martial arts tycoon, Dana White, who has turn out to be one of many president-elect’s key backers, was nearer to the primary man as he gave his victory speech at a rally in West Palm Seaside, Florida, on Tuesday evening.

Such occasions are sometimes designed to look spontaneous and informal, however all you wanted on this event was a tape measure to work out who at the moment issues most.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

The previous Fox Information presenter and (embarrassingly for Crew Trump) ex-wife of uber-liberal California governor Gavin Newsom grew to become engaged to Donald Trump Jr in December 2020. 

She was thought of for the position of press secretary in Mr Trump’s first administration and is reportedly vying for a senior position within the subsequent one.

Donald Trump Jr. appeared on Thursday, November 7, 2019 on ABC’s ‘The View’

Donald Trump Jr

With the retreat of sister Ivanka and her husband Jared, Trump’s eldest son has been way more concerned in his father’s political profession than he was through the first Trump White Home time period when he targeting working for the household enterprise. 

A eager hunter, 46-year-old Don Jr has been valued inside the marketing campaign for his capability to attach with its core supporters, particularly on his podcast, Triggered. 

He inspired his father to decide on JD Vance as his working mate. 

‘Don has the heart beat of the bottom and is aware of the place the power of the get together is, so he is kind of the go-to individual now on a number of political issues,’ mentioned his father in 2021.

Dana White watches as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at an election evening watch get together on the Palm Seaside Conference Centre on November 6

Dana White

The 55-year-old, thuggish-looking, ex-boxer and multi-millionaire president of the Final Combating Championship, a significant combined martial arts promotional firm, is an outdated good friend and supporter of Mr Trump. 

After he took the microphone throughout Mr Trump’s victory speech and delivered his personal combative assault on the media, MAGA followers need him to be Mr Trump’s subsequent press secretary – whereas he was pictured deep in dialog with their billionaire ally Elon Musk and Mr Trump on election evening at Mar-a-Lago. 

Insiders say he is the kind of no-nonsense loyalist the president-elect values after being saddled with extra reasonable Republicans throughout his first White Home time period.

Eric and Lara Trump attend a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump at Madison Sq. Backyard, in New York on October 27 

Eric Trump

Like large brother Don Jr, Eric, 40, has turn out to be extra concerned in his father’s marketing campaign this time spherical – though he stays ‘government vp’ of the household enterprise. 

Insiders say that whereas Don Jr concentrates on charming supporters on the bottom, the much less charismatic Eric busies himself with the Republican Celebration organisation, joined by spouse Lara, 42.

Trump co-campaign supervisor Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville Worldwide Airport as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives on July 27, 2024

Susie Wiles

The ability behind the Trump throne. His marketing campaign co-manager could also be peeping out from behind Eric however she’s been dubbed the ‘most feared and least identified political operative in America’. 

The soft-spoken, 67-year-old grandmother, who describes herself as a reasonable and labored for Ronald Reagan, has masterminded Mr Trump’s political comeback. 

Having successfully been his chief of employees throughout his latest marketing campaign, she’s hotly tipped to be provided the identical position within the White Home.

Eric Trump and his spouse Lara communicate earlier than Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a marketing campaign rally at Madison Sq. Backyard on October 27 

Lara Trump

The proximity of Mr Trump’s daughter-in-law to him on the Florida stage is not any accident. 

A loyal rising star, the 42-year-old former tv producer was hand-picked by Mr Trump because the co-chairman of the Republican Celebration. 

Offering the feminine glamour ingredient of a marketing campaign lacking sister-in-law Ivanka and Melania, she has reportedly turn out to be one in every of Mr Trump’s most trusted advisers and was the primary member of the family to talk at this summer time’s Republican Nationwide Conference.

Former first woman Melania Trump seems on throughout an election evening occasion for Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump on the Palm Seaside Conference Centre on November 6 in West Palm Seaside, Florida

Melania Trump

The primary lady-elect barely featured within the marketing campaign however insiders say her significance to her husband’s electoral prospects – significantly given his lengthy historical past of infidelity and sexual misconduct allegations – can’t be overstated. 

She was usually absent from official White Home engagements through the first Trump administration and sources predict the identical can be true of the second for a girl who hates politics and public scrutiny.

Former first woman Melania Trump, from left, her son Barron Trump and Melania’s father Viktor Knavs look on as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at an election evening watch get together on November 6 

Barron Trump

He is solely 18 and is learning at college in New York however he is adored by hardcore Trump supporters who gave him two standing ovations when his father launched him at a rally in July. 

Since then, he performed an important marketing campaign position in advising his 78-year-old father on methods to appeal to the youth vote – which podcaster ‘bros’ to speak to – and educating him on cryptocurrencies. 

Barron has a particular place in MAGA hearts and plenty of have hailed him on social media as their most popular successor to the Trump political crown. 

A shocking proportion of the extra fanatical MAGA trustworthy cling to a weird conspiracy concept that claims Barron was talked about in a collection of obscure Nineties books concerning the magical adventures of a precocious time-travelling boy known as Baron Trump.

Melania’s father – who misplaced his spouse, Amalija, in January – may be very near her and ‘hyper-involved’ within the upbringing of grandson Barron, say insiders

Viktor Knavs

Melania’s father – who misplaced his spouse, Amalija, in January – may be very near her and ‘hyper-involved’ within the upbringing of grandson Barron, say insiders. (Melania has known as her late mom a ‘ray of sunshine within the darkest days’). 

They spent a lot of the primary Trump time period residing within the White Home flat beforehand occupied by Michelle Obama’s mom and have been usually seen travelling with the primary couple. 

Viktor, a former chauffeur and travelling salesman in Slovenia, is barely two years older than his son-in-law.

Republican US vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance and his spouse Usha Vance have a look at one another at Palm Seaside County Conference Middle, following early outcomes from the 2024  presidential election, in West Palm Seaside, Florida on November 6

JD Vance and spouse Usha

The vice president-elect gained fame writing memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, about his impoverished Rust Belt upbringing, however was lambasted for becoming a member of the Trump ticket when he’d beforehand recommended he was ‘Hitler’ and accused of sexism when he derided Democrat leaders as ‘childless cat women’. 

Mr Trump now says Vance ‘turned out to be a sensible choice – I took just a little warmth at the start, however I knew the mind was one’. He’s married to lawyer Usha, with whom he has three kids.

Jared Kushner and his spouse Ivanka Trump look on as Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump addresses supporters at his rally, on the Palm Seaside County Conference Middle in West Palm Seaside, Florida on November 6 

Ivanka Trump

As soon as omnipotent within the Trump White Home as half of the facility couple dubbed ‘Javanka’, she distanced herself from her father after the January 6 assault on the US Capitol in 2021 and had no involvement in his 2024 marketing campaign. 

Hours earlier than the election, she posted a 17-strong checklist of ‘life classes’ however did not point out her father as soon as. 

She clapped noticeably lower than others through the victory rally and her selection of a Democrat-blue go well with that evening took some nerve.

The younger multi-millionaire property developer and investor prefers to focus on getting cash however has been attacked for exploiting wealthy Center Japanese contacts he made whereas working within the White Home

Jared Kushner

The opposite half of Javanka was reportedly much more Machiavellian than his spouse however has additionally stepped away from the Trump marketing campaign. 

The younger multi-millionaire property developer and investor prefers to focus on getting cash however has been attacked for exploiting wealthy Center Japanese contacts he made whereas working within the White Home. 

As soon as extremely prized, his putting so removed from Mr Trump absolutely reveals how far he has fallen within the boss’s eyes.