A stalwart of the Republican political machine, Reince Priebus is at first glance not a likely ally for Donald Trump. But whether or not the President-elect wanted him as chief of staff, it seems that he needs him.
After the Republican defeat of 2012, it was Priebus, the chair of the party’s national committee, who was tasked with working out what had gone wrong. The strategy he drew up was, at the time, a textbook bid to win over demographics supporting Democrats. In 2013, he told fellow Republicans: “If you’re not engaging with the Hispanic community, you better get to work.”
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