Since his landslide victory, President-elect Donald Trump has seemed to be in a comfortable position, but with just two weeks to go until his inauguration, he will first have to unite a narrow and divided Republican majority.

Faced with a Democratic camp still reeling from Kamala Harris's defeat in November, Republicans appear to be in a better position, but internal divisions threaten to thwart the next president's grand ambitions, from a hardline anti-immigration policy to radical tax cuts.

While top tech CEOs have begun to express their support for Trump, his political camp is beginning to see divisions.

But House Republican leader Mike Johnson said this week that his party’s lawmakers were “ready to get to work.” “We’ve made a great start, as we promised,” he told reporters.

It is known that the debate with the senators is taking on a more tense dimension regarding the legislative strategy. Should Trump’s program be adopted in a single package of laws or spread over a series of separate measures?

The second approach is of interest to prominent Trump supporters, who see it as the quickest way to secure a first victory on border control, the central theme of Trump’s campaign, which has been marked by fierce anti-immigration rhetoric.

But with a narrow majority in the House, Republicans favor an “all or nothing” strategy, fearing failure to pass promised tax cuts.

"This is what I prefer."

As for Trump, the first concerned party, he announced that he preferred a “big bill,” adding: “This is what I preferred and will always prefer.”

But he also added: “If having two projects provides more security, things will go a little faster because we will be able to take care of immigration earlier.”

Trump’s team must be quick, because the midterm elections are less than two years away, with the risk of losing control of Congress or one of its chambers, especially since the list of battles to be fought is long, from lifting the restrictions imposed by President Joe Biden on offshore drilling to the ambition to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal.

A disunited Republican base could be Trump’s biggest weakness in his second term, acknowledged one of his supporters, Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, who added on the conservative-friendly Fox News channel: “Everyone is pulling in different directions.”

The verdict

Since his election, Trump has taken on the role of arbiter, making a point of addressing unruly lawmakers and holding internal consultations at his Florida residence.

Here, too, at Mar-a-Lago, he has largely succeeded in rallying the tech giants around him, most of whom had been highly critical of him during his first term before turning to him again since his last presidential campaign.

Trump will host Republican state governors at his headquarters on Thursday, who are considered the most independent, in addition to other representatives he is expected to meet with on Saturday. American media reported that he plans to hold a large party for Senate Republicans in the coming weeks.

For their part, the leaders of the Democratic bloc in Congress pledged to work with Republicans on the reforms they agree to, without making it easier for them to do so on the rest of the reforms.

“They are the majority and now they are in charge,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a speech to the Senate. “We and the American people will watch them.”