While listening to the January 6 hearings, I was struck by the number of Republicans and White House staff that have turned against Trump. So I googled people who have turned on Trump to see if there are any lists of these people. There are (see below), in fact, there are many lists.

Then I thought maybe this is a common experience for presidents, so I googled people who have turned on Obama. I could find one person — a secret service agent who ran as a Republican for congress. His main complaint was about the deals Obama made to pass Obamacare and not specifically about Obama himself. So even this critic, who served under Obama, was more critical of the system as opposed to the man himself.

Think about this for a moment. Person after person who worked for Trump are saying that he encouraged them to commit crimes, that he was detached from reality, that he bullied his employees and elected officials, that he turned on his own Vice-President, and the list of his bad behavior goes on. While the worst thing somebody said about Obama was he made deals to get a bill passed in Congress.

This speaks volumes about both Mr. Trump and Mr. Obama.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/officials-who-criticized-donald-trump/index.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/06/19/the-growing-list-of-ex-trump-officials-who-now-denounce-the-president/?sh=473707053965

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/18/all-aides-allies-even-family-who-have-spoken-out-against-trump/