Robert Reich

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The difference between loyalty and subservience

Trump’s picks are submissive hacks whose cringeworthy subservience to him will bring down his administration — and possibly America

Robert Reich
Dec 05, 2024
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Friends,

The media has it all wrong about Trump’s picks for his administration. The conventional view is they’re “Trump loyalists” whom Trump “recruited.”

Rubbish.

First, they’re not loyalists; they’re subservient hacks.

There’s a crucial difference.

All politicians want their underlings to be loyal, but Trump wants them to be more loyal to him than to the …

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