The president-elect turned to his top political aide to fill a key post managing the White House when he returns to office.

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He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.

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He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.

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After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, even many Republicans believed the former president’s political career was over. He proved everyone wrong.

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