Trump ousts Bondi and Noem: Loyalty and looks are not enough.

Being fired by President Trump isn’t all bad. Sure, the public humiliation isn’t any fun, and neither is losing your title and power and all the perks that go with them. But getting the ax still has its upside.

Two of the president’s loyal servants — Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, the former attorney general and former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security — just got pink slips from their boss. The silver lining for them is that at least now they won’t be impeached if (and most likely when) the Democrats take over the House in the midterm elections.

It’s always good to look on the bright side.

In the end, loyalty — and good looks, for that matter — go only so far with Trump. And it won’t save you if he thinks you made a mess of things, even if you were doing what he wanted you to do.

Make no mistake: Trump likes it when his people tell him how wonderful he is. Sycophancy does not embarrass him. Want proof? Listen to any of his televised Cabinet meetings, in which grown men and women — successful in their business lives before Trump — are reduced to adoring fans as they gush all over him, telling him what a great leader he is, how nothing would get done without him. It’s downright embarrassing — except that Trump doesn’t think so. He likes it when underlings gush all over him.

But, as I say, sycophancy is not........

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