WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump will return to the White House with a team of longtime friends and collaborators as well as some vibrant new allies.

The Republican president-elect has barely begun naming key figures in his administration, but he has kept a rotation of associates with him, on and off the campaign trail, in recent weeks, who joined him on stage Wednesday morning as he proclaimed his victory.

Here’s a look at some key figures in Trump’s orbit as he prepares to once again occupy the White House.

Susie Wiles

For the second time, Trump wins the White House with a woman leading his campaign. Wiles, who joined his 2024 effort early, actually served as his campaign manager and was named his new chief of staff on Thursday. He is credited with being a steady, quiet power behind Trump’s third White House campaign, running a largely disciplined and ultimately winning operation.

Wiles is a longtime Florida-based Republican strategist who led Trump’s campaign in the state in 2016 and 2020. Before that, she managed Rick Scott 2010 campaign for Florida governor and briefly served as director to former Utah governor. John Huntsman 2012 presidential campaign.

Wiles is the daughter of the late NFL player turned broadcaster Pat Summerall.

Lara Trump

Both in business and in government, Trump has always kept those close to him in key roles. If physical proximity is a sign of power, it’s worth noting that the person standing to Trump’s right at his victory party was Lara Trump.

She is married to the former president’s second son, Eric, and since the spring she was chosen by Donald Trump to become co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

Lara Trump, a former television producer, was a prominent campaigner for her father-in-law and was considering her own 2022 campaign, considering a run for Senate in her home state of North Carolina before deciding against a bid .

At the RNC, she defended the former president on television and was tasked with boosting fundraising, expanding voter outreach and promoting the party’s “election integrity” initiative. She has also explored a side hustle as a singer, releasing several songs, which sometimes feature political imagery.

Dana White

White is the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of Trump. They date back to 2001, when White hosted a UFC fight at the Republican’s former Trump Taj Mahal hotel-casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Trump has appeared at UFC matches over the years with White, particularly during his 2024 campaign as he sought to appeal to young male voters.

White, in turn, spoke at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Republican conventions and appeared on stage at Trump’s victory party on Wednesday, even briefly addressing the crowd.

Linda McMahon

McMahon, who is the other co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team, is a longtime friend of Trump.

She and her husband, Vince, founded Global Wrestling Entertainmentmaking the organization a powerhouse. Trump has appeared at some WWE events over the years, and McMahon was one of his most generous benefactors during his 2016 campaign.

Trump tapped her to run the Small Business Administration during his first term. She left to work on his reelection campaign and spent the years since her departure as one of the leaders of the America First Policy Institute strategizing for another Trump term.

Howard Lutnick

Lutnick, CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is the co-chair of the Trump transition team that is helping find the team that will work in the next administration.

Lutnick has donated to both Democrats and Republicans in the past, once appeared on Trump’s NBC reality show, “The Apprentice,” and became a member of the president-elect’s inner circle. He shared the stage with Trump at events in the final days of his campaign, including the rally at Madison Square Garden.

He came under fire in the final days of the campaign for an interview with CNN in which he repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s debunked criticisms of vaccines.

Boris Epshteyn

Epshteyn is a longtime Trump lawyer and aide, who was a key surrogate in his 2016 campaign. Epshteyn briefly served as an advisor in the Trump White House and as an on-screen political analyst for Sinclair Broadcast Group.

After Trump refused to accept his 2020 loss, Epshteyn worked with the former New York mayor. Rudy Giuliani on efforts to overturn the result. He was accused of running a scheme with Giuliani to submit fake voters to Trump in Arizona and obstruct Congress’ certification of the results. He has pleaded not guilty to nine criminal charges in Arizona related to the case.

Epshteyn also appeared alongside Trump during his court appearances.

Stephen Miller

Miller served as a senior advisor during Trump’s first term and played a central role in many of the former president’s policy decisions, including his decision to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018. Miller helped shape many of Trump’s radical speeches and plans. on immigration.

Since Trump left office, Miller has served as president of America First Legal, an organization of former Trump advisers designed as a conservative version of American Civil Liberties Unionchallenging the Biden administration, media companies, universities and others on issues including freedom of speech and religion and national security.

He is expected to play a leading role in Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and has promised the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.

Richard Grenell

Grenell is Trump’s former ambassador to Germany and former acting director of national intelligence, who remained a key foreign policy adviser and political aide. He is expected to be at the top of Trump’s list to serve as secretary of state.

Throughout the campaign, Grenell played a role in events featuring Trump’s wife, Melanie Trumpand the Log Cabin Republicans. He played a key role in Trump’s outreach efforts to Arab Americans in Michigan and joined Trump in September when he met with the Ukrainian president. Volodymyr Zelensky.

Grenell developed a reputation as a pro-Trump antagonist in Berlin. Trump joked about former German chancellor Angela Merkel It was his happiness when he moved Grenell from his ambassadorial post to the intelligence post.

Elon Musk

One of the most powerful figures in Trump’s orbit these days is Musk, the billionaire who heads automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX.

Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and turned it into X, strengthening conservative and far-right voices on the platform. Having once supported the president Barack ObamaMusk has moved to the right and become a leading voice for American conservatives. He supported Trump after the Republican survived an assassination attempt in July and invested more than $119 million to support Trump’s campaign, including a million-dollar-a-day sweepstakes in Pennsylvania .

Trump frequently praises Musk and speaks to crowds about his awe over SpaceX rocket landings. Trump said he would give Musk, a major government contractor, a role in his administration leading an efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy, an anti-vaccine and environmental activist, is a Democratic Party scion whose rise into Trump’s orbit was one of the surprises of the 2024 presidential campaign.

Kennedy entered the race as the Democratic nominee, left the party to run as an independent before dropping his candidacy, then endorsed Trump with a promise to make an impact on health policy in a future administration.

In recent weeks, he has talked about taking control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or gaining the power to “reorganize” federal health agencies. He said Trump, upon taking office, would push local water systems to eliminate fluoride from drinking water – one of the great public health achievements of the last century – and allow him to ‘investigate the safety of vaccines, on which he has long defended debunked theories.

Brooke Rollins

Rollins is another longtime associate who is seen as a potential hire in the new administration. She is Trump’s former domestic policy chief and served as president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute.

The America First policy has flown under the radar compared to the Heritage Foundation, which spearheaded the 2025 Project that Democrats have frequently attacked much to the chagrin of the Trump campaign, which insisted that the 2025 Project and Heritage were not talking in his name.

Rollins previously served as an aide to the former governor of Texas. Rick Perry and led a think tank, the Texas Public Policy Foundation.