What about President Trump inspires such loyalty, such allegiance? I remember presidents back to Nixon, and only Ronald Reagan seems to have inspired any loyalty, and it's nothing compared to what Trump loyalists are prepared to do for him. I'm baffled by this allegiance.
Among his staff? Many were put in position because of loyalty, not because of qualification. If they don't continue to show loyalty - blind, unthinking obedient loyalty - to whatever the command of the day is, they're going to lose their exalted position. And they're never going to get another such position, because they're manifestly unqualified for it. So while they have it, they'll do just about anything to keep it, no matter how ridiculous it is.