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[That’s good news to me. I never liked that guy.]

Trump human resource policy has been the way a CEO and company owner staffs his operation. He doesn’t worry about loyalty, because these are at-will employees he can fire at any time. The problem is that a president can neither hire nor fire anyone for any reason. Hiring has to go through the Senate, and firings, where this is even possible, have political consequences. And yet he never deviated from that policy. In that respect, he’s somewhat of a slow learner.

If he had chosen some of his hometown cronies for senior positions - Giuliani to be his AG, and someone like Bernard Kerik to be Homeland Chief or White House Chief of Staff, many of his problems would never have materialized. Kerik would have fired all of the Russia investigation conspirators without prompting by Trump. That’s the thing about people you know well and are friends - they will instinctively cover for you because they know you will cover for them.