'Frustrating': GOP insiders unhappy with changes in the new MAGA administration
Raw StoryPresident Donald Trump's new administration looks a lot different from his first. According to an exclusive Axios report, the difference "is surprising — even frustrating — some longtime friends in his second administration's early days with fewer leaks, a lack of exploitable rivalries, and tighter restrictions on access to him." A lobbyist connected to the current administration told the news outlet, "There's a 'strong silo system' that has kept advocates and special interests from forum-shopping and end-running administration officials." One major change, Axios reports, "is that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and other aides have clamped down on the ability of random friends and reporters to call Trump directly" — when, up until his inauguration last week — "if you had his phone number and called, Trump would answer and talk to you — and maybe even act on whatever you suggested." Still, a consultant who served in Trump's first administration told Axios, "There are more questions about how all this is going to work, and right now, there just aren't enough bodies to answer them."
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