betrayed

Like any other would-be autocrat, President-elect Donald Trump is selecting people for key positions overseeing the military and legal system based not on objective merits but their personal loyalty to one man: in this case, a 78-year-old Republican who felt betrayed in his first term when more-or-less qualified cabinet officials would balk at some of his more extreme demands.

The chancellor fired Lindner, saying he had "betrayed my confidence" and put the interests of his party over those of the country.

Both major political parties had betrayed us – Democrats by pushing aside Bernie Sanders’ critique of neoliberalism, and, now, neoliberals in the Democratic Party and the high-end press by learning nothing from ejecting Joe Biden, who understands viscerally what Glass Steagall represented and who has proved quite capable and effective as a substantively progressive decision maker, despite his bad calls in the Middle East.

“Once again, my community had been betrayed by our leadership,” she said — a reference to the parade of District 14 council members who have brought scandal to the Eastside over the decades.

Scholz said his former finance minister had "betrayed my confidence" and had put the interests of his party base over those of the country.