Chummy Thug Chumps

My impression of the inevitable jockeying for influence going on in the White House and other inner circles is that it is as different under Trump as everything else has been. JFK and Obama provide interesting contrasts, probably because they were personally secure and could handle dissent.

Donald must be the head of a gang of chump chums and acolytes, an unchallenged and unhinged leader in a narcissistic cult of power dependent on going lower than anyone else. They must win no matter what. There were elements of this with Bush--loyalty is assured by implication in the crimes.