Who helped make Trump Trump?
Examining the people and organizations behind the 45th president of the United States
Family/Friends
Business Partners
Media
Lawyers
Campaign/White House
Politicians
Donors
Activists/Influencers
All of Trump's enablers
Trump's rise to the pinnacle of power and his norm-busting presidential behavior came with the help of these 125 people and institutions. They come from all corners of Trump's life, from his family to his lawyers, his bankers, and his business partners. They come from the boardrooms of his native New York to the exclusive Palm Beach enclaves and the very Washington institutions he trashed while in the White House.
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Family and Friends
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Hope Hicks
Donald Trump Jr.
Jared Kushner
Johnny McEntee
Keith Schiller
Roger Stone
Eric Trump
Fred Trump
Ivana Trump
Ivanka Trump
Lara Trump
Melania Trump
Allen Weisselberg
Business Partners
Josef Ackermann
Deutsche Bank
Signature Bank
Ladder Capital
Cushman & Wakefield
Steve Feinberg
Fortress Investment Group
Carl Icahn
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Justin Kennedy
Cerberus Capital Management
Dune Capital Management
Mike Offit
Dominic Scalzi
Vornado Realty Trust
Rosemary Vrablic
Media
Roger Ailes
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
Mark Burnett
Tucker Carlson
Jack Dorsey
Sean Hannity
Laura Ingraham
Rush Limbaugh
Forbes Magazine
Lorne Michaels
Piers Morgan
Rupert Murdoch
David Pecker
Jeanine Pirro
Chris Ruddy
Bill Shine
Howard Stern
Peter Thiel
Jeff Zucker
Mark Zuckerberg
"Fox & Friends" evolving cast
Lawyers
Bill Barr
Pat Cipollone
Michael Cohen
Roy Cohn
Sheri Dillon
Emmet Flood
Alan Garten
Rudy Giuliani
Jay Goldberg
Charles Harder
Marc Kasowitz
Abbe Lowell
Jay Sekulow
Michael van der Veen
Campaign and White House
Steve Bannon
Tom Barrack
David Bossie
Kellyanne Conway
Michael Flynn
Rick Gates
Rhona Graff
Robert Jeffress
John Kelly
Corey Lewandowski
Paul Manafort
Ronna McDaniel
Kayleigh McEnany
Mark Meadows
Jason Miller
Stephen Miller
Brad Parscale
Mike Pence
Reince Priebus
Todd Ricketts
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Matt Schlapp
Steve Schwarzman
Katie Walsh and Mike Shields
Sean Spicer
Bill Stepien
Paula White
Politicians
Joe Arpaio
Michael Bloomberg
Jan Brewer
Chris Christie
Chris Collins
Ted Cruz
Lindsey Graham
Jim Jordan
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Mitch McConnell
Vladimir Putin
Marco Rubio
Jeff Sessions
Donors
Sheldon/Miriam Adelson
Bernie Marcus
Linda McMahon
Robert Mercer
Isaac Perlmutter
Kelcy Warren
Activists and Influencers
Ali Alexander
Mike Cernovich
David Duke
Alex Jones
Charlie Kirk
Amy Kremer
Douglass Mackey
Jack Posobiec
Diamond & Silk
Richard Spencer
Jim and Ron Watkins
Jacob Wohl
Milo Yiannopoulos