But you ask to lead America's intelligence community? Isn't it humiliating?"
The core issue is that loyalty to Trump and personal integrity are incompatible. No one can be honest in a regime built on big lies.
As Václav Havel noted, "If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living in truth."
Trump has long favored loyalty over integrity, as seen in his admiration for Roy Cohn, a mentor known for ruthless bullying and unethical conduct.
In The Art of the Deal, Trump praised Cohn's loyalty while criticizing those who boast about integrity but lack loyalty.
For Blanche, Schwartz, Clayton, or anyone in Trump's orbit, maintaining both loyalty to Trump and personal integrity is impossible.
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Integrity, however, is more essential than loyalty. As Trump demonstrates, a person without integrity cannot be trusted to serve the American people.
