I think that is something that is a trap that most leaders in politics or business or other accidentally fall into.
You trust, promote and surround yourself with people that are agreeable. And that is a trap.
Not unique to Putin or any other leaders. How many people in for example in Scholz inner circle are rabid anti-Scholz? Not that many, right?
Because being openly hostile to the leader generally makes your promotion prospects weak.
Funnily enough, the exception to this "rule" is Trump himself.
He IS surrounding himself with people that used to be rabidly anti-Trump, like JD Vance.
This is a great character strength. Water under the bridge, forgive and forget, find common ground and move forward to a common goal.
Trump could do this. Could someone like Biden or Kamala ever do this? Like mend relations with deadly enemies, forge an alliance to move forward?
I don't recall Robbie being all that gung-ho Trump is the best either back in the day before Trump called him in to see if they could do something about the health crisis.
Seems like when you are an adult you can put personal feelings to the side and work towards a common goal.