Kellyanne Conway has a photo on her wall of the moment she was sworn into office. It is from Jan 22 2017, two days after Donald Trump’s inauguration.
On the left stands Ms Conway, taking her oath to become the US president’s counsellor. On the right, separated by a podium, is a gaggle of other senior White House aides.
Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer – at the time Mr Trump’s chief strategist, chief of staff and press secretary – are all in the latter group.
“That picture’s fun,” Ms Conway says, spotting it from across her West Wing office. It is blown up big, two foot wide at a guess.
“Jared’s behind the podium so you can’t see him,” she says, referencing Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s…
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