I know you were excited to be chosen to work in the White (Supremacist) House, there at 1488 Pennsylvania Avenue; and perhaps it is understandable if the thrill you felt has clouded whatever judgment you have
I expect your current starry-eyed view of The Don will fade, but it may take several years before you can admit to yourself how wantonly he has toyed with you -- and even more time will probably pass before you are willing to admit that to anyone else
When the truth finally dawns, your denial will at first drive you to defend him ever more loudly and irrationally; then you will try to rationalize away all of the evidence and blame others for your own gullibility; next you will begin to feel guilty about your involvement. And then you will be angry at everyone: at those who didn't warn you (Why didn't anyone say anything?), at those who warned you tactfully (They should have told it to me straight!), and at those who were direct (Why were they so unpleasant?). These inner conflicts, and the terrible loss of self-esteem that comes from being taken by a con artist, will depress you. You may need professional help[ to recover fully
Your claim that he didn’t know how to put together a team that could work well with him suggests you are approaching the early stages of denial. In fact, The Don put together a team that served his own objectives well, although you have not yet admitted to yourself what those objectives were. There are clues in the fact that his daughter and son-in-law pose at advisors, in the round-robin sessions of sycophants, and in the fact that he does not care enough about the country to develop any coherent program -- or even to give a thoughtful speech. The Don is, in fact, a man whose only real interest is himself. He has always surrounded himself with people who praise him effusively. You landed in his sphere only because you became starry-eyed at the idea of being there. And when you ceased being useful in that way, it was immediately time for you to go
There are several proverbs, quite useful to adults, that seem silly to those who never completely develop emotionally or socially: You have done a worthless work when you are content with yourself has been handed down to us from the Taoists, and Those who criticize you are actually doing you a great favor from the Hasidim, for example. The Don has never attained the adult level needed to ponder such advice; to the contrary, there is every indication that he regards any willingness to admit a mistake as evidence of a weak character. His mindset -- that of a not-yet-mature adolescent -- exhibits itself every time anyone asks him a serious question
All human progress depends on us searching for ways to do better. You served a man who declares that everything he does is perfect. Snap out of it as quickly as you can: He not busy being born is busy dying
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