It's a pretty big false dichotomy to present "people directly opposed to their policy platforms" as the sole alternative to people "picked on the premise of just one qualification: they'd be Yes Man/Woman".
Every President surrounds themselves with people who are aligned with their policy platforms. For some reason, Trump is the one President where suddenly it's an issue.
Trump doesn't give a shit about policy. He doesn't know anything about it and can't be bothered to learn.
Its just a viral racist corrupt scream all the way down.
Because Trump is the first president whose hirelings
1. Used Signal to violate laws requiring retention of communication 2. Got caught by incompetently inviting a journalist to their high security chat?