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Also along for the ride: an entourage ranging from aging boxing champions to Cabinet members to relatively unknown aides who help craft Trump\u2019s words and ideas. The passenger list for Trump\u2019s marathon through the sky signals who has the ear of the president.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can say what his priorities are,\u201d said David Cohen, a professor of political science at the University of Akron. \u201cWho he surrounds himself with are the people he is going to be listening to. They\u2019re the ones who are going to be whispering in his ear and talking softly in private quarters to the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at who has had access to power in the confines of Trump\u2019s plane this month.<\/p>\n
The inner circle<\/h4>\n
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently finished\u00a0treatment for breast cancer,\u00a0is a frequent flyer. Trump has called Wiles, who co-managed his 2024 campaign, the \u201cmost powerful woman in the world.\u201d As Air Force One ascended from Greenville, North Carolina, after\u00a0Trump\u2019s 15th rally in 20 days,\u00a0Wiles gave reporters her take on how it went as she walked up the aisle.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ve all been great, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other insiders who\u2019ve made the manifest:\u00a0special envoy Steve Witkoff,who has been trying to negotiate an end to the\u00a0Iran war\u00a0that has\u00a0weighed on Republicans\u2019 midterm fortunes;\u00a0deputy chief of staff\u00a0Stephen Miller,the architect of Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner; Treasury Secretary\u00a0Scott Bessentand Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.<\/p>\n
The most frequent Cabinet member aboard has been Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a billionaire who previously ran the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. A Trump buddy going back to the 1990s, Lutnick can often be heard laughing at the president\u2019s jokes. His role at Trump\u2019s rallies has been to highlight new factory investments that Trump uses to try to convince his supporters that the\u00a0economy is doing well.<\/p>\n
Punching above their weight<\/h4>\n
Bill Pulte\u00a0has joined Trump for at least five legs of the midterm marathon so far, a sign that his status inside the administration is far higher than his title \u2014 director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency \u2014 would suggest.<\/p>\n
The scion of a homebuilding company, Pulte is a Trump pal who was\u00a0for a brief period also the acting director\u00a0of national intelligence and oversaw layoffs in that office. He has led pressure campaigns on Federal Reserve officials such as\u00a0Jerome Powell\u00a0and\u00a0Lisa Cook. Pulte has also passed along policy ideas such as\u00a0changing the 30-year mortgage to 50 years,\u00a0an idea that has since been abandoned.<\/p>\n
Federal Communications Commission\u00a0Chairman Brendan Carr\u00a0has also flown with the president, notably on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 on a lengthy West Coast swing. Carr has sought to use his\u00a0regulatory powers over broadcast networks\u00a0to chastise them over their coverage of the president.<\/p>\n
Personal aides who keep Trump going<\/h4>\n
Chief among the retinue of assistants around the president is\u00a0Natalie Harp, an executive assistant\u00a0who is on most of Trump\u2019s trips.\u00a0Walt Nauta,the director of Oval Office Operations, is not far behind her in air miles. Chamberlain Harris, Nauta\u2019s deputy, is another frequent traveler. She also serves as a member of the\u00a0Commission of Fine Arts, one of the government bodies with a role in\u00a0reviewing the White House ballroom\u00a0and other Trump construction projects.<\/p>\n
Although Trump\u00a0likes to ad-lib,\u00a0the speechwriting director, Ross Worthington, has joined him repeatedly on the plane this month. The president\u2019s stump speech features\u00a0a promise of $5,000 checks\u00a0if Republicans keep their House and Senate majorities after the Nov. 3 election. He also tends to highlight new factory projects and investments in the communities he visits.<\/p>\n
Margo Martin, a communications adviser who posts videos of Trump on social media, has joined the tour, as has White House communications director Steven Cheung. Katie Zacharia, who was the\u00a0White House press secretary for five days,\u00a0spent two of them with the president on a trip to Alaska, Nevada, Arizona and Montana.<\/p>\n
Plenty of political strategists<\/h4>\n
Trump is surrounded on these trips by White House and external consultants making strategic choices for the midterms, including Matt Brasseaux, his political director, who previously worked at the Republican National Committee.<\/p>\n
Johnny DeStefano, who was a top aide in Trump\u2019s first term, temporarily rejoined the White House this summer to work on midterm strategy and has been seen on Air Force One, as has former White House deputy chief of staff James Blair.<\/p>\n
Celebrities hitch a ride<\/h4>\n
Going into what could be some rough midterm races, Trump has brought aboard with him some of the biggest names in boxing:\u00a0Mike Tyson,Floyd Mayweather Jr.\u00a0and\u00a0Evander Holyfield. In a 1997 heavyweight championship bout, Tyson bit off a piece of\u00a0Holyfield\u2019s right ear. They did not fly on Air Force One at the same time.<\/p>\n
Towson University professor Martha Kumar said that presidential travel during a campaign can be intense and that presidents often have passengers who can keep the environment relaxed even as the work continues. \u201cYou want to have people around you that make you feel comfortable,\u201d Kumar said. \u201cWhen you think about it, it is really stressful. You want some relief.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Cheung posted a video in which he was interviewing the rapper Nicki Minaj aboard Air Force One as it took Trump to Michigan for a campaign rally. Minaj praised the president, and the White House\u2019s goal is to have Trump wrap up his midterm blitz by having a celebrity with him at each stop.<\/p>\n
Who else has hitched a ride with Trump? Retired NASCAR champion\u00a0Richard Petty\u00a0went to North Carolina, former NFL coach\u00a0Jon Gruden\u00a0to Ohio, and retired NFL running back Todd Gurley to Georgia. Influencer-turned-boxer\u00a0Jake Paul\u00a0also traveled with the president. The celebrities have had cameos in Trump\u2019s rallies.<\/p>\n
Congress gets onboard<\/h4>\n
The goal of Trump\u2019s travel over the past month has been to help Republicans keep control of Congress.<\/p>\n
As the White House\u2019s liaison with the House, Jeff Freeland has been on Air Force One with multiple lawmakers. Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina flew with the president, as have multiple Texas House members, including Reps. Beth Van Duyne and Brandon Gill, as well as Reps. Brian Jack of Georgia, Tim Moore of North Carolina and Anna Paulina Luna of Florida.<\/p>\n
John Barrasso of Wyoming, the second-ranking Republican senator, has flown multiple times with the president this month, as has Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is\u00a0considering a presidential bid\u00a0in 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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