Donald Trump did not want competent or honest people advising him on the election results.

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8. Nascent dictator syndrome

Anybody demonstrating competency is potentially a threat to your continued rule, because they might recognize opportunity in your ineptitude and push you aside, or worse yet become popular for succeeding at the job you assign them. If you ensure that you, as a nascent dictator, surround yourself with only people who are more inept than you, then you ensure that you are the smartest, most successful, most popular member of the cabal