Hope Hicks, Barack Obama among the most powerful in Trump's Washington, GQ says

Hierarchal structures and political dynamics evolve as U.S. presidents come and go, and a new list published by GQ details the Trump-era power rankings inside the Beltway.

In the new piece, "The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump’s Washington," GQ editors attempted to map out the key power players who are most impactful, influential and intriguing in the context of the 45th U.S. president's White House tenure. The magazine even took their political mapping a step further and gave each of the 50 people a power type color code from the following: Ascendant power, enduring power, precarious power, perplexing power and surreptitious power.

From former U.S. President Barack Obama to Defense Secretary James Mattis, figures possessing enduring power are those who have maintained their political dominance both because of and in spite of the former billionaire businessman's 2016 election win.

"So far, Obama has mostly avoided rebuking Trump, but his presence in town remains a specter, while his Twitter following remains far larger than Trump's," GQ notes of Obama's power. "Not that size concerns Trump."

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Others like White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, the hosts of "Fox & Friends," and White House senior adviser Stephen Miller have been labeled with "perplexing power" -- perhaps due to their often criticized hold on the commander in chief. GQ notes that Miller has been referred to as the "conservative anchor" of the Oval Office, while the consistently present Hope Hicks is described as a "de facto member of the royal family."

Those viewed as "ascendant" are seemingly the most coveted and troublesome members of this commanding clan for Trump himself. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, CNN's Jake Tapper, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times -- each of these correspondents and hosts have met the president's continued social media assault on "fake news" with consistently engaged coverage of the Trump administration. Tapper even pulled the plug on Stephen Miller during a show segment last month.

Press defenders of the Fourth Estate aren't the only figures rising in dominance, though. Lawmakers like Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and political mobilizers like Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock are also included as those who have gained momentum in the past year.

As the many acts of Trump White House political drama play out, the cast of characters will undoubtedly continue to swap in and out. Those with "precarious power" like White House chief of staff John Kelly and CIA Director Mike Pompeo could at some point find themselves in new roles -- rising to new positions of power or sitting on the outside looking in.

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