People Would Serve in a Second Trump Administration

So long as the U.S. has an imperial presidency, lots of people will want to be close to the emperor.

After seeing the way Trump treated many of the people he hired during his first term as president, it’s not unreasonable to wonder who in his right mind would want to serve in a potential second Trump administration.

Trump prizes loyalty, but the first Republican senator to endorse him in 2016, Jeff Sessions, soon fell out with Trump after a tumultuous tenure as attorney general. Rex Tillerson took a massive pay cut to leave ExxonMobil and become secretary of state only to be fired by tweet before the midterms. The Department of Homeland Security, in charge of Trump’s most important campaign issue of border security, had two Senate-confirmed secretaries and two whose appointments were later ruled unlawful. And the January 6 riot spurred the resignations of several top officials who have since repudiated Trump for poor character.

So who would want to work for the guy if he became president again? Lots of people.