The Loyalty Trap explores how civil servants navigated competing pressures and duties amid the chaos of the Trump administration, drawing on in-depth interviews with senior officials in the most contested agencies over the course of a tumultuous term. Publisher: Columbia University Press Author(s): Jaime Lee (Assistant Professor of Sociology) Kucinskas Illustration(s): 4 b&w illustrations, 5 tables Number of pages: 440 Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 32 Cover type: Paperback / softback