This is a very good article, since Trump is surrounded by these people - not just oligarchs (who value money and autonomy) but politicians (who value power or the proximity to it) and other sycophants.
What connects all of these people is the belief - likely not even a conscious one - that a move that helps them in the short term is all that matters. They think handing over or demanding others hand over power to Trump is going to endear them to him, protect them, empower them, enrich them. They have myopia and have never seriously looked at Russia, which Trump is clearly modeling the US after.
The lesson is clear, and demonstrated well by this article: yes, it will all work great. Right until they pass through a pane of window glass or end up in a prison camp.
We get to experience first hand how wealth does not equate to intelligence. Some would say ratty boy is an outlier, but this proves otherwise.