I think you've (possibly unintentionally) hit the nail on the head by tagging loyalty.

I quite agree, but the interesting thing is the way that it underscores Trump's fundamental *laziness*. (And to some degree, how shocked he was to win.) A proper dictator spends years lining up his goons and having them ready to take over. Trump seems to have just kind of assumed that a President is like a King, and good people are always loyal to the King, right?

But the supply of those is (thank the gods) also limited.

And moreover, it is no longer at *all* obvious that it is smart to hook your horse to that wagon. I would bet that even a lot of people who would happily have pledged loyalty to Trump two months ago are thinking more carefully about it now.

I think the next test will be to see who he appoints as FBI chief.

The name I seem to keep hearing is Joe Lieberman, and I'm afraid I can totally imagine it...