Whereas Donald Trump as the 2016 Republican presidential nominee battled the GOP establishment over changing the party's direction and in 2020 faced substantive internal resistance during his reelection bid, he now appears as the 2024 nominee to have won control of a party apparatus willing to embrace his policy platform and earnestly support his efforts.
That Trump would exert outsized influence over the RNC is hardly surprising given he essentially handpicked the party leadership.
The RNC installed then-North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley as GOP chairman in March after Trump backed him for the post.
When Trump emerged on the political scene in the 2016 Republican primary, he often feuded with the RNC and even accused the party of being biased against his candidacy.
At the time, the RNC was under the leadership of Reince Priebus, whom Trump subsequently named his chief of staff.
The GOP's embrace of the Trump platform on Monday appears to signal that the policy fights between old guard Republicans and the America First contingent have been largely decided in favor of the latter camp.
Further showing Trump's direct influence over the party's positions are the inclusion of provisions addressing cryptocurrency.
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