Chris LaCivita’s Revenge

Playbook: “Backstage at Donald Trump’s watch party Tuesday night, before the now-president-elect took the stage, the notoriously pugnacious Corey Lewandowski did something a bit unusual: He extended an olive branch to a foe.”

“After being brought into the campaign fold in late summer, Lewandowski was sidelined by Trump for trying to elbow his way to the top and causing drama with the team. The man who had been Trump’s first campaign manager in the 2016 cycle had been locked in what a GOP official once described to us as a ‘dick fight for dominance’ with Chris LaCivita, who was running the 2024 show with Susie Wiles…”

“By Tuesday, as Trump basked in the limelight of his wave election, Lewandowski apparently saw the writing on the wall and realized that he needed to make peace with a man who had won back Trump’s trust and shepherded him to victory. He extended a hand to LaCivita and offered a ‘congratulations.'”

“Instead of shaking his hand, LaCivita pointed to him square in the chest and tore into him, according to people familiar with the exchange: ‘Fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. You have fucked with the wrong person. I’m going to fucking destroy you.'”