My answer: Fear of admitting you’ve latched on to the wrong side and fear of standing up for what is right. “Toxic leaders don’t see their supporters as people. They see them as tools. And as tools, they have little compunction for casting them aside once they’re no longer useful...They put their own reputations — and American lives — on the line in an effort to further Trump’s agendas. Yet the moment they stopped following his dictates, the moment they stopped being useful, he turned on them.”