Big bosses, representatives of the media and technology, foreign leaders... After his surprise victory in 2016, many had despised Donald Trump, but this time with the victory of the presidential elections against Kamala Harris, the personalities of the world of economy and media are competing to be as close as possible to the newly elected president.
This detail did not go unnoticed by Trump, who commented on the situation saying: " During my first term, the whole world was fighting me. In this mandate, the whole world wants to be my friends ."
Trump made the comment during a press conference he gave from his Mar-a-Lago residence, the first since the first night after he was declared President.
" Right now, people think it's better to be on his side, but the problem for them is that his sides often change ," warns Wendy Schiller, professor of political science at Brown University.
After his election on Nov. 5, and with the exception of a few short trips, for example to the reopening of Notre Dame, Donald Trump has welcomed visitors to this sprawling, palm-fringed, lavishly decorated beachfront compound.
This is a private club, the annual fee for which, according to the press, increased significantly last summer and now reaches $ 1 million per year. Donald Trump has invited his future ministers there for meetings and a round of golf.
Also in Florida, the president, who will be sworn in on January 20, hosted a dinner for the head of META, Mark Zuckerberg, the parent company of the social network Facebook, who had denied him access there after Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill on the 6 January 2021.
On Monday, the 78-year-old billionaire expanded the list further, saying he also met Google chief Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook at Mar-a-Lago.
The head of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Albert Burla, also visited Mar-a-Lago, and when Donald Trump was recently invited to ring the bell that signals the start of stock trading on Wall Street, other big names were on hand. present
" And we'll also have Jeff Bezos, from Amazon, who will go this week to meet with Trump. We have a lot of big bosses, the biggest bosses, the biggest bankers, the whole world is calling ", assured the Republican, repeating that it is exactly the opposite of what he had experienced after winning the White House and during his term as President from 2017 until 2021.
Foreign leaders have also succeeded each other in the residence in Florida, which has become the real center of the new power. Some are Republican sympathizers, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or Argentine President Javier Millay.
But Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and new NATO chief Mark Rutte were also seen walking in, each with reason to worry about the president-elect's future decisions.
If high-profile visitors are flocking to Florida, it's because they expect, rightly or wrongly, a more structured and decisive "Trump 2.0" presidency.
Donald Trump " has made it known that he will use all the powers of the presidency to deal with anyone who challenges him, and now he seems to have a clearer idea of how to do that, and he also has immunity from The Supreme Court protecting him "as long as he's in the White House," explains Wendy Schiller. (A2 Televizion)
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