I think he purposefully appointed the DS lizards recommended to him by the GOP and various "conservative" think tanks in high level positions in order to expose them by allowing them to do what they do so the people could see it and thus awaken the sheeple to the unannounced war being waged on them. Trump learned to keep his friends close and his enemies closer so he could force them to comply to his will in order to deliver on his campaign promises - when they weren't being traitors doing DS things. He exposed each of them before firing them. I think this was incredibly effective. Trump is gaining more love and admiration from The People and those DS Puppets ate in the dust bin of irrelevance.