@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine

“He’s going for the trifecta of putting nakedly loyalist, unqualified people into these jobs as a way of saying to everyone in those departments, I’m in control. I run these. You’re going to do what I say. And forget the Constitution. Forget the law. Forget everything except loyalty to Donald Trump,” Nichols says.

YES. It's a loyalty test. You either go along and become complicit, or you don't and become a target.

Classic fascist play.