[adjejmxbdjdn]

Nope. Not this administration at all.

Trump 1 was a very different administration.

And Trump himself has publicly backed off what was probably his one major achievement after receiving pushback from his supporters.

[timr]

You’re splitting hairs.

[TylerE]

No, he really isn’t.

Trump one had a sane (terrible, but sane) cabinet that largely controlled his wilder impulses.

This time he went for loyalty above all else.

[timr]

> Trump one had a sane cabinet that largely controlled his wilder impulses.

This is absurdly revisionist. The first administration’s cabinet/staff was a reality show and a merry go round of people like Anthony Scaramucci and Ryan Zinke. If anything “controlled” it, it was just the chaos of incompetence.

As far as loyalty goes, I suppose it’s worth reminding you that Kennedy was a Democrat, who ran in the Democratic presidential primary, and routinely criticized Trump.

[jancsika]

OP is saying Trump has demanded loyalty as a condition of serving in his administration. As HHS Secretary, RFK caved on Roundup, something he famously won a case against as a lawyer[1]. That even lost RFK support from some of his MAHA fans.

1: https://apnews.com/article/maha-glyphosate-rfk-kennedy-trump...

[petilon]

Relatively speaking Trump 1.0 had a sane cabinet. Yes, there were some crazies, sure, but relative to the people he has around him now, they seem sane.

[DANmode]

Getting warmer.

[ceejayoz]

Where’s the Kelly and Mattis in the second term?

Kennedy was a Democrat as a spoiler.