Others are still evaluating their options.
Hope Hicks, a senior consultant who left the White House in 2018 and landed an important job as director of communications for Fox Corporation before returning in March, told people close to her that she plans to take an extended vacation.
Hogan Gidley, a former deputy press secretary for the White House and a campaign spokesman whose duties recently included calling Trump the “most masculine” president in American history on Fox News, said he was considering “several things” and that he was not worried about looking for him.
“I think it’s overkill,” said Gidley of the challenges he and his colleagues may face in the coming months. But then he paused. “Let me put it this way: I hope it’s overkill.”
As the former advisers contemplate his future in Washington, a small group of advisors will stand alongside Trump in Florida, helping him establish his post-presidential presence.
The group of loyalists who followed him includes Dan Scavino, a former deputy chief of communications at the White House, and Nick Luna, the former man in Trump’s body. A larger group of advisers, including Brian Jack, the former White House political director, is considering staying on Trump’s land, but has yet to make final decisions.
Others, including Margo Martin, a former press officer, and Molly Michael, an assistant to Mr. Trump, are civil servants, paid by the General Services Administration, and will assist Mr. Trump in the transition process.
Over the weekend, while his former colleagues grappled with the cold reality of living in Washington, where Democrats are now in charge, Martin posted an Instagram photo of his surroundings at Mar-a-Lago, the Trump resort sun in Palm Beach, Florida.