Donald Trump places his close friends at the head of the Republican Party. 168 Republican delegates appointed three people close to Donald Trump to head the party during a meeting of the authorities, in Houston, in the south of the U.S.

The Republican National Committee is funding the expensive campaigns of party candidates. Michael Whatley succeeds Ronna McDaniel, herself already chosen in 2016 by Donald Trump, but with whom relations have become strained due to electoral defeats and disappointing fundraising. Lara Trump, for her part, specified that the objective was a large victory on November 5, describing the issue of the vote as a fight between "good and evil"