Good observation. I don’t know if it was national news, but in the late 1980s or early 1990s (I forget), he lost a handful of his top executives in a helicopter accident. He really felt it. People like that are not easy to replace.
My dad having been an Army officer I learned to appreciate the value of a good General Staff. Trump appears to have assembled a very good one that he can trust implicitly.
If he wins the big prize Trump needs to keep in mind an aphorism of the first Reagan administration- ‘personnel is policy’. Who he chooses to work for him will greatly determine the outcome of his administration. A VP who shares his goals and not one selected for some idea of balance will be important as well.