What is missing from Trump's government

Professionalism. He is an individualist/sectarian fascist. They hate professionalism. His staff is, like him, individualistic and loyal, but not professional. When professionals try to prevent the President's staff from breaking the law, they get fired or resign in protest. Professionalism is the unwritten performance standard in the civil service - which is driven by reason and a shared way of looking at the world - an intuitive paradigm.  

A good political appointee needs to listen to career staff when they say something cannot be done. They need to point out (likely they have not) that doing the illegal or unconstitutional act will make the appointee and the elected official look bad.

I have been a professional bureaucrat and a professional political appointee. On the first day of work for any appointee, it is drilled into you that you must never make the boss look bad (or yourself - because how people see you is how they see your boss - as well as the reverse). Also, never let the boss embarrass himself or herself.

Trump's people don't know that. Don't do that and would be fired by any able political operative. This is why Trump will be ineffective and why he was effective last time he was president. He had Pence and Mike was a professional - and made sure that Trump was mostly surrounded by professionals - or that idiots like Miller could not get ideas into the chain command. This time, the brakes are off. 

The Courts have been striking down all the illegal and unconstitutional things Trump  and Steven Miller are trying to do. It would have been less embarrassing for Trump if someone would have told him that there were certain things he could never do. This time, there are no adults in the room, which limits the damage Trump can do. Trump wants to be king. Instead, he is the Jester.