Honestly the only thing hurting trump is that he essentially “didn’t take his own medicine”. For all the talk of swamp drainage etc, Fauci wasn’t fired. On a lot of positions he needed to tell his advisers “if they’re beltway hacks i don’t want them”.
I wonder if he's crafty enough to curate an outer circle, 95% of whom
think they're the 5% that're in the
inner circle - but aren't.
The heaviest lifting he'd need to do to have a successful second term
would be to make the list of people who didn't stab him in the back and don't suck,
for appointment as the 2024 cabinet.
Starting with a VP pick. Amidst the chaos of 2020/2021,
someone out on the Intarwebs was claiming that Pompeo didn't suck.
I can't say for sure; I'm jus' sayin'.
He'd also need to perfect a Bum's Rush Process
where the first hint that an appointee has that they're toast
is the herd of U.S. Marshals pushing past the receptionist,
confiscating cell phones, laptops, keyboards, and mice;
and lag-bolting hasps into office doors.
Maybe an ambulance idling at the curb
for any staffers that get butt-stroked For Great Mindshare.