chairman say, on the team of no-nonsense general managers who tend to Mr. Trump’s business and resort properties. “He likes people who get things done,” Mr. Priebus said about Mr. Trump recently. “I get things done.”He has also been careful to avoid direct conflicts with other members of Mr. Trump’s Big Five leadership team, especially the ascendant Mr. Kushner, focusing instead on positioning himself as Mr. Trump’s indispensable organization man. Unlike many other establishment Republicans, Mr. Priebus exerted maximum effort on Mr. Trump’s behalf, even if he was uncertain of the outcome. Mr. Priebus was one of the few Republicans to take Mr. Trump seriously as a potential candidate in 2011, when the reality-TV star floated a potential campaign, and he continued to offer advice to Mr. Trump throughout the campaign.

Source: New York Times January 18, 2017 02:07 UTC