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Absolutely. And I think that's kind of the second group of people. They don't want to give the president options. They want to manipulate decisions based on their own agenda, not the president's agenda.

And then in Donald Trump's administration, a group that was probably overrepresented are people who define the president as an emergency who has to be contained or as a danger to the country or the world. And so the problem with that second and third group of people, hey, it's like nobody elected you. So not only are you not serving the president well. But these are people he's chosen.

And then in Donald Trump's administration, a group that was probably overrepresented are people who define the president as an emergency who has to be contained or as a danger to the country or the world. And so the problem with that second and third group of people, hey, it's like nobody elected you. So not only are you not serving the president well. But these are people he's chosen.

And then in Donald Trump's administration, a group that was probably overrepresented are people who define the president as an emergency who has to be contained or as a danger to the country or the world. And so the problem with that second and third group of people, hey, it's like nobody elected you. So not only are you not serving the president well. But these are people he's chosen.

They're people he's chosen.

They're people he's chosen.

They're people he's chosen.

Right. Yeah, absolutely. And the tactics they employed to do that, it was all kind of, it just made everything harder. And really, the story of the book is, at least for the 13 months I was there, we transcended it. We got things done anyway. But every element of that friction just kind of wore you down, ground you down a little bit. And the tactics they employed undercut you and so forth.

Right. Yeah, absolutely. And the tactics they employed to do that, it was all kind of, it just made everything harder. And really, the story of the book is, at least for the 13 months I was there, we transcended it. We got things done anyway. But every element of that friction just kind of wore you down, ground you down a little bit. And the tactics they employed undercut you and so forth.

Right. Yeah, absolutely. And the tactics they employed to do that, it was all kind of, it just made everything harder. And really, the story of the book is, at least for the 13 months I was there, we transcended it. We got things done anyway. But every element of that friction just kind of wore you down, ground you down a little bit. And the tactics they employed undercut you and so forth.

But the first Trump administration, I think you're alluding to this, what's going to be different in the second one, nobody was as surprised as Donald Trump when he won the election in 2016, right? And so there wasn't a whole lot of preparation in terms of who's going to come into a lot of these positions. And he didn't have any kind of trust build up with a lot of the people.

But the first Trump administration, I think you're alluding to this, what's going to be different in the second one, nobody was as surprised as Donald Trump when he won the election in 2016, right? And so there wasn't a whole lot of preparation in terms of who's going to come into a lot of these positions. And he didn't have any kind of trust build up with a lot of the people.

But the first Trump administration, I think you're alluding to this, what's going to be different in the second one, nobody was as surprised as Donald Trump when he won the election in 2016, right? And so there wasn't a whole lot of preparation in terms of who's going to come into a lot of these positions. And he didn't have any kind of trust build up with a lot of the people.

He didn't know the people. Now it's going to be I think, somewhat different in that he's had a lot more time to prepare deliberately for this. And he's selected his people. It was easy to kneecap me, the people down the hall, because I didn't have a history with him. Now it's going to be harder to do that with Michael Waltz, who's really his clear pick.

He didn't know the people. Now it's going to be I think, somewhat different in that he's had a lot more time to prepare deliberately for this. And he's selected his people. It was easy to kneecap me, the people down the hall, because I didn't have a history with him. Now it's going to be harder to do that with Michael Waltz, who's really his clear pick.

He didn't know the people. Now it's going to be I think, somewhat different in that he's had a lot more time to prepare deliberately for this. And he's selected his people. It was easy to kneecap me, the people down the hall, because I didn't have a history with him. Now it's going to be harder to do that with Michael Waltz, who's really his clear pick.

And he's known as a congressman, for example, or Marco Rubio. Although they will come under attack, though, because there are still going to be these different camps in the administration based on those different motivations. but also based on, I think, some of the worldviews within the administration that will not be compatible with one another.

And he's known as a congressman, for example, or Marco Rubio. Although they will come under attack, though, because there are still going to be these different camps in the administration based on those different motivations. but also based on, I think, some of the worldviews within the administration that will not be compatible with one another.

And he's known as a congressman, for example, or Marco Rubio. Although they will come under attack, though, because there are still going to be these different camps in the administration based on those different motivations. but also based on, I think, some of the worldviews within the administration that will not be compatible with one another.

Well, you know, President Trump obviously values loyalty like any president would. But also, you know, with President Trump, like any other president, right? He's the most powerful person in the world, you could argue, right? So people are going to try to ingratiate themselves to him and try to use him to advance their agenda. So, you know, people, they know how to push his buttons.