Don't be surprised that when a politicians use their power to reward their friends and punish their enemies...or in other words "to the victor go the spoils."
That's what politics is at the very core of the meaning of the word. Politics is not voting, or legislative bodies, or presidents or cabinet ministers. Those are just the MEANS by which there are decisions of who gets what, when, where and why.
Those who have the will-to-power are typically the first to fail when it's granted.
Those who would be just have little desire to rule.
The philosopher-king is an oxymoron until he actually comes.
Perhaps Trump plays John, baptizing with 'water' til that day.
Shad-i-lay