Arthur made jokes about Ellie's art appreciation, and Henry laughed at them without feeling disloyal.
And he quite skillfully distanced himself from Maria Miller without sounding disloyal.
You can manipulate reality, your can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.
"He managed to distance himself from everything President Trump had said without appearing disloyal," von der Leyen said.
He held the line in public on Syria without being disloyal to his leader, but said pointedly he could "not speak for Jeremy" on shoot-to-kill.
The one question he faced where he could have given a braver answer without being disloyal to the coalition or ducking the challenge was over the Pakistan floods.
Some administration officials privately spend much of their time trying to figure out how to leave without looking disloyal or provoking an easily angered president.
Kolb says you can say something like, "I've gotten a lot of calls from headhunters, but I'm not interested". This will educate your boss that you have alternatives without appearing disloyal.
The leaders of many federal departments and agencies have been scrambling to figure out what the changes could mean for them and how they can influence the outcome without appearing disloyal.
As such, she has had to walk a very delicate line offering different views without seeming disloyal.
