Required reading about Trump's preferred method of governing--Patrimonialism,
which is also Putin's preferred method & most criminal organizations--where only loyalty matters.

Its weaknesses?
Corruption and Stupidity.
Sound familiar?
This is how we fight it.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption-trump-administration/681794/?gift=A0n-OJmdA77I0xI8cqjGg-M-CtYvPNjoecKkfk1WikE