US President Donald Trump has clocked about 70 hours aboard Air Force One so far this month, racing from rally to rally across the United States to try to bolster his Republican Party in the midterm elections.
\n\nAlso along for the ride: an entourage ranging from aging boxing champions to Cabinet members to relatively unknown aides who help craft Trump's words and ideas. The passenger list for Trump's marathon through the sky signals who has the ear of the president.
\n\n"It can say what his priorities are," said David Cohen, a professor of political science at the University of Akron. "Who he surrounds himself with are the people he is going to be listening to. They're the ones who are going to be whispering in his ear and talking softly in private quarters to the president of the United States."
\n\nHere's a look at who has had access to power in the confines of Trump's plane this month.
\n\nWhite House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently finished treatment for breast cancer, is a frequent flyer. Trump has called Wiles, who co-managed his 2024 campaign, the "most powerful woman in the world." As Air Force One ascended from Greenville, North…
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