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A photo gallery of persons who have helped our current president escape consequences and consolidate power. 

All photos, except those noted, are believed to be in the public domain.

JD Vance, perhaps our most obvious Quisling: in text messages from 2016, Vance compared Trump to “a cynical a–hole like Nixon” and in another, to “America’s Hitler.” But when he saw a chance at VP, he forgot his characterizations of Trump as “cultural heroin” and “reprehensible.”
In 2016, Lindsey Graham called Trump “a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.” Why is he now so supportive? A quote from 2019: “If you don’t want to get re-elected, you’re in the wrong business.” So, it’s business, not integrity.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s bootlicking behavior is one thing, but his threat to close courts which have ruled against Trump is a grave challenge to the independence of the judiciary and the balance of power. A dangerous Quisling!
“Little Marco” Rubio, who called Trump a “con artist” who “has spent his entire career sticking it to the little guy,” then became obsequious enough to be named Secretary of State.
Publicly, Tucker Carlson championed Donald Trump on Fox News; privately, he loathed him, texting “He’s only good at destroying” and “I hate him passionately.” His broad following may have impacted election results. As you might suspect from the smile, being a quisling has made him a lot of money!
Secy of Defense Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News commentator, oversees millions of personnel and a $1T budget despite a glaring absence of foreign policy or relevant managerial experience. Russia and China are applauding while he spends his time stoking Trump’s culture wars by changing names of ships and bases.  Meanwhile, there are real enemies out there!
Mitch McConnell, after stating that Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for the January 6th attack on the Capitol & privately describing Trump as “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being,” and a “narcissist,” changed his tune and endorsed him in 2024.
“Lying Ted” Cruz (and his wife) endured some of Trump’s worst insults and he said Trump was a “pathological liar”, a “sniveling coward,” a “narcissist,” and “utterly amoral.” Now he’s saying, “God Bless Donald J. Trump.”
Pam Bondi’s appointment as an attack-dog Attorney General – a reward for election denial – risks turning the Justice Department into a political tool. If you heard the accusation that Biden was “weaponizing” the Justice Dept, take an unbiased look at what Bondi is doing!
Shouldn’t Kristi Noem – the Head of Homeland Security – know what “habeas corpus” means? Instead of studying her job, she’s lecturing other countries on electing mini-Trumps.
Justice Alito… we don’t need to explain why he’s on this page.
Elise Stefanik used to be normal, calling out Trump for being “insulting to women,” and criticizing his “attacking Gold Star families.”  She also opposed his Muslim ban, but soon became a fierce Trump defender.  She was rewarded with a short-lived nomination to UN Ambassador.
Josh Hawley pumped his little fist to egg on the January 6th protesters who went on to violently assault the Capitol police.
Justice Roberts has done more than most to diminish democracy: Citizen’s United unleashed unlimited money into elections, setting the stage for American Oligarchy. Plus, he practically eliminated checks on the Executive branch when he expanded Presidential immunity.
After once tweeting that Trump was “Saudi Arabia’s bitch,” Tulsi Gabbard left the Democrats and joined MAGA. Now, as Director of National Intelligence under Trump, she is promoting claims of a ‘treasonous conspiracy’ by the Obama administration to subvert the 2016 election, creating a stark irony given the actions taken by Trump and his followers on January 6th, to overturn the 2020 election results.
“Ron DeSanctimonious” DeSantis endured taunts and insults and said that the “swamp” in Washington was “worse [under Trump] than it’s ever been.” But he swallowed pride and endorsed Trump. Additionally, he has acted as standard-bearer in the cultural wars aimed at distracting voters.
Elon Musk, who has stated he has Asperger’s syndrome, said that “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” He contributed millions to Trump and then got a job recklessly – and often apparently randomly – firing federal workers. Now, after a principled attack on the deficits embedded in Trump’s budget, he realized that he was a government contractor and groveled. Quisling!
Peter Navarro, AKA the made-up person “Ron Vara”, former convict and “moron” according to Elon Musk, may have been a primary source of the disastrous & likely illegal blanket tariffs. Isn’t all coffee & chocolate imported? Whom does a tariff protect?
Justice Thomas – another person on this list for reasons we don’t need to explain. Plus, he is the judge whose behavior is why there is a call for a code of ethics for the Supreme Court.
Aileen Cannon – the Trump-appointed judge many people think used delays to help Trump escape accountability for January 6th and the misappropriation of classified material.
(photo by Gage Skidmore) Kellyanne Conway, a master of “Alternative Facts” and “what about-ism,” has earned her way into the lucrative MAGA talk universe and defends anything the Trump administration does.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt parrots the Project 2025 agenda, dismissing inconvenient facts or criticisms with practiced ease. She may be better at “alternative facts” than Kellyanne!
Scott Bessent, former hedge fund operator (net worth perhaps $500+ million), now Secretary of the Treasury, donated millions to Trump’s campaign. What’s his objective? The token gay in the Cabinet surely realizes that Project 2025 is hostile to gay parents.
Douglas Burgum, a billionaire with ties to the oil and gas industry, is now Secretary of the Interior, which has stewardship of our public lands. A profit to be made?
Howard Lutnick, billionaire Commerce Secretary, and former Democrat Wall-Streeter, contributed millions to Trump’s reelection campaign. Apparently, he was one of the geniuses who came up with the tariffs – now ruled by the U.S. Court of International Trade to be illegal. He surely knew that the importer (and consequently the consumer) pays the tariff, not the manufacturer.
Linda McMahon, billionaire and former wrestling promoter, now Secretary of Education. Really!? Should someone so ignorant about artificial intelligence as to confuse its name with A1 steak sauce be in charge of education? But it doesn’t matter – she’s gutting the department.