WASHINGTON— Donald Trump He will return to the White House accompanied by a team of longtime friends and aides, as well as flamboyant newfound allies.

The Republican president-elect has only just begun naming key figures in his administration, but in recent weeks he has kept a rotation of colleagues with him on and off the campaign trail, who joined him onstage early Wednesday as he declared victory.

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

Trump won the White House for the second time with a woman running his campaign. Wiles, who joined the 2024 effort early, served as de facto campaign manager and was appointed the new chief of staff on Thursday. He is seen as a determined, quiet force behind Trump’s third White House campaign; runs a largely disciplined and ultimately winning operation.

Wiles is a longtime Republican strategist who has lived in Florida and ran Trump’s campaign in the state in 2016 and 2020. Rick Scott He campaigned for governor of Florida in 2010 and briefly served as manager to former Utah Governor. Jon Huntsman 2012 presidential campaign.

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

In both business and government, Trump has always kept his relatives in key roles. If physical proximity is any sign of power, the person standing to Trump’s right at the victory party Lara Trump.

She is married to the former president’s middle son, Eric, and has been Donald Trump’s pick as co-chair of the Republican National Committee since the spring.

Lara Trump, a former television producer, was one of her father-in-law’s leading campaigners and is plotting her own campaign in 2022, weighing a Senate bid in her home state of North Carolina before deciding against a bid.

At the RNC, he advocated for the former president on TV and was tasked with increasing fundraising, expanding voter outreach and the party’s “election integrity” initiative. He also had side ventures as a singer and released several songs, sometimes containing political imagery.

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

Trump has appeared in UFC matches with White over the years, especially during the 2024 campaign, in an effort to appeal to young male voters.

White, for his part, had speaking roles at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Republican conventions and appeared on stage at Trump’s victory party on Wednesday, even speaking briefly to the crowd.

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

She and her husband Vince founded World Wrestling Entertainmenttransforming the organization into a powerhouse. Trump has attended some WWE events over the years, and McMahon was one of Trump’s most generous benefactors during the 2016 campaign.

Trump appointed him to lead the Small Business Administration during his first term in office. He left to work on his reelection campaign and has spent the years since leaving office developing strategies for Trump’s new term as one of the leaders of the America First Policy Institute.

Lutnick, the CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is co-chairman of Trump’s transition team and is helping to find the team to staff 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 has become part of the president-elect’s inner circle. In the closing days of his campaign, he shared the stage with Trump at events including a rally at Madison Square Garden.

He faced criticism for repeating Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s debunked criticisms of vaccines in an interview with CNN in the final days of the campaign.

Epshteyn is a lawyer who coordinates with Trump’s various legal teams and a longtime Trump aide who was a key surrogate in the 2016 campaign. Epshteyn briefly served as an advisor in the Trump White House and has served as a political analyst on the big screen. Sinclair Publishing Group.

After Trump refused to concede his 2020 loss, Epshteyn worked with the former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani Efforts to overturn the result continue. He was accused of running a scheme with Giuliani to present fake voters for Trump in Arizona and prevent the results from being certified by Congress. He has pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges filed against him in Arizona in connection with the case.