Trump live updates: Arizona results stand in way of Republicans taking total control as president-elect shaps cabinet

Votes are still being counted in Arizona three days after the polls closed.

The state has still not officially been called for Donald Trump, but all eyes are on the remaining Senate and House battles that will have deep implications in Congress.

Trump ally Kari Lake is locked in a nail-biting battle with Democrat Ruben Gallego for the Senate.

Republican Rep. David Schweikert is also in a battle with Democrat Amish Shah for a House seat that could be a turning point in the fight for Congress.

As of Friday morning, the GOP only needed seven seats to take control.

Donald Trump will return to the White House carrying a long list of vendettas and the president-elect has vowed to clean house.

Since leaving the presidency after his first term in office, Trump has called for his political opponents to be fired, prosecuted and jailed.

Now with an apparent mandate to lead the nation, Trump is in a prime position to dole out punishment an enact revenge to those he believes have wronged him.

Here, DailyMail.com explores several individuals that he has had long standing run ins with who should probably have the most to fear.

Donald Trump is at Mar-a-Lago celebrating his historic victory over Kamala Harris and considering who he will bring to the White House to carry out his mandate.

Now the allies who have been by his side throughout the campaign and beyond want a seat at the table.

CNN reported on Friday that Trump loyalists are battling on the patio of the president-elect’s private club.

Less than 24 hours after his win, had reportedly already started going through names of potential cabinet picks with his transition chairs Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon.

GOP figures have also booked flights to Palm Beach to lobby for a position while others are working the phones to make their case.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is warning that the United States may be entering an era of ‘fascism and authoritarianism’ as the country prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to return to power.

The 35-year-old socialist-leaning New York congresswoman hopped on Instagram Wednesday to speak with her liberal followers about the election results where she painted an extremely bleak picture for the country’s future.

The leading member of the House Democrats’ progressive ‘Squad’ said the U.S. is entering a political period that will have consequences ‘for the rest of our lives.’

Less than 48 hours after his landslide victory over Kamala Harris, Donald Trump is already getting to work building his White House to carry out what could be a huge mandate.

The 78-year-old president-elect has been making calls from Mar-a-Lago – where he has been celebrating his dominant win – and making key decisions that will set up the framework for his second administration.

The Republican has been on the phone with more than 70 world leaders since the race was called for him and has already hinted that he would led Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell keep his job.

He’s been so focused in fact that his usually hectic social media feeds have been dormant since Tuesday. He hasn’t posted once.

The uncharacteristic offline nature of Trump’s past few days could indicate a shift in his attention from the campaign to the White House.

The Republican has been meeting with close confidants and campaign staff to work on filling out top administration roles with MAGA loyalists.

As President-elect Donald Trump delivered his election night victory speech on Tuesday, he singled out one person for special thanks.

‘Let me also express my tremendous appreciation for Susie…’ Trump said beaming and turning to family and staff crowding the stage at his Palm Beach, Florida campaign headquarters.

‘The job you did. Come, Susie. Come here Susie,’ he beckoned. ‘Susie likes to stay sort of in the back… We call her the ice maiden.’

Then the phalanx of towering, designer-clad women, including Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara and Don Jr’s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, parted and a gray-haired grandmother in a pale blouse and golden hoop earrings stepped forward.

Usually, when Trump invites someone to the lectern they almost trip over themselves to get there. But not Susie Wiles.

The 67-year-old shook the president-elect’s hand and smiled but when he suggested that she ‘say a few words,’ her eyes widened and she vigorously shook her head ‘no’.

The Iowa pollster who made a wildly inaccurate prediction that Kamala Harris would win in the deep-red state now claims her mistake may have actually helped Donald Trump.

J. Ann Selzer – previously renowned for her predictions in The Hawkeye State – admitted her research was completely wrong and might have even emboldened MAGA nation.

‘I told more than one news outlet that the findings from this last poll could actually energize and activate Republican voters who thought they would likely coast to victory,’ she wrote Thursday. ‘Maybe that’s what happened.’

Selzer added she was ‘thinking about how we got where we are.’

The bombshell admission comes as election returns continue to show good news for Trump, as Arizona and Nevada are expected to put him over 300 electoral votes with Republicans favored to keep hold of the House of Representatives.