Seriously! THIS is the guy you pull the trigger for! THIS is the guy you give up everything for! It's absolutely insane. They can see how he treats his subordinates and enablers -- all of them ultimately get thrown in the trash. And yet.
It's by the numbers what happens in authoritarian takeover. Everyone knows that some of the vanguard who take power eventually are excised form the movement, often violently, but everyone is confident that it won't be *them.*