"One of the defining features of the Trump White House is that its
occupants demand for themselves decencies and courtesies they habitually
deny to others."
Typical of those on top of hierarchies. What they do is fine and should not be mentioned. But they have the right to belittle and attack anyone they see as below them.
In David Frum's article in The Atlantic, "Michelle Wolf Does Unto the White House as It Has Done Unto Others," he points out exactly that.
"The people who enable this travesty to continue—can they complain when they are spoken of in hurtful ways?" Apparently so.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/whca-sanders/559253/