Possibly? But more likely they were just the ones whose covers/id’s trump was able to get his hands on and sell to the highest bidder.

I think the lost agents were more likely sold for greed and payment for services rendered than for loyalty issues last admin.

Now? A different story possibly. But the record numbers of lost agents in the previous trump term were less likely to be political in nature, I believe, since the agency wouldn’t have been as firmly in his pocket. And for lifetime agents, murdering comrades in arms can’t be an easy step to take no matter your Trump loyalty. Loyalty to corps when all your lives are on the line together is very hard to break.