Seconded. Even after the chants of "lock her up", he looked the other way with Hillary thinking it would come off to the establishment as him being willing to play ball and cut back on some of the most out there part of his rhetoric. They repaid him with ceaseless witch hunts, wailing and gnashing of teeth, unprecedented bureaucratic overreach, and the tearing down of every last institution just to get him.

That naivety is gone now. And all evidence points to him wanting to be the king sitting on his throne, sending to the headsman all who participated in the coup against him and didnt turn around to come grovel and kiss the ring (as many are already doing). It is also why I think you see so many of the establishment starting to either throw themselves before him or making plans to flee the country, as it becomes increasingly apparent they cant stop him.