Appointing unqualified figures is a key tactic of authoritarians, who turn to staffers who are fiercely loyal because they are not qualified or talented enough to rise to power in a nonpartisan system. They recognize that without the leader who elevated them they will never again be in power- and sometimes will be in prison- so they will cleave to him to the end. Heather Cox Richardson
As explained by HCR, this very dynamic drives Trump loyalty at the upper levels.
Very sad, very desperate, very dangerous.
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