When the person leaves, the tea grows cold. After former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired, her portrait was found in a trash can at the Department of Justice—suggesting there were many within the department who harbored resentment toward her.
She was primarily dismissed because Trump repeatedly failed to get her to prosecute his political rivals, and due to her mishandling of documents related to Epstein, which ultimately became a political liability for Trump, leading to her dismissal and a new position in the private sector.
Trump’s personnel logic is simple: use someone if they’re useful, replace them if they’re not. As a former loyal ally, loyalty meant nothing unless it could solve real problems for him.
The portrait discarded into the trash reflects the most authentic aspect of Washington’s power dynamics.
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