Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

Attorney general was key part of effort to go after enemies but even she could not satisfy whims of mercurial president

Pam Bondi’s swift dismissal on Thursday underscores a reality that has met Trump loyalists from Jeff Sessions to Kristi Noem – no amount of loyalty is enough to save oneself from being dumped by Donald Trump.

Since the president assumed office last year, there have been few people more important to his effort to remake government than Bondi, his longtime friend.