“He (Nixon) made friends and some people later owed him favors.”
But time have changed. People who owed Trump enormous favors stabbed him in the back, and continue to do so. Case in point: RON DESANTIS. Also Barr, Haley, Ronna, Sessions,... and the list goes on.
You’re right.
Disloyalty and selfishness are now norms of the degeneration of people. Since the 1950s peak of church and synagogue attendance loyalty and integrity have gone downhill.