In the immortal words of Hannah Arendt, “Totalitarianism [or authoritarianism] in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”

This administration is full of crackpots and fools (e.g. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, Todd Blanche, RFK Jr, and more).