Or his nervous yes-men might deem to better not to let him know. |
It's just that none of those yes-men that you call advisors will ever tell you what you need to hear. |
He has spent the last few years purging the army to assure its loyalty, stuffing it with boot-clicking yes-men. |
He accused the president of surrounding himself with yes-men, rewarding only sycophancy and punishing dissent. |
Most companies today are political backwaters, where yes-men and corporate kiss-ups are still the ones who get recognized and promoted. |
That can happen to rich guys, particularly touchy, thin-skinned rich guys who prefer to surround themselves with yes-men. |