See how they run: did Trump's former allies get out in time?

The officials and aides fleeing the president face an uncertain fate in a dividing party

In the 16th century, mice and rats were credited with knowing when a rotten house was on the verge of collapse.

This evolved into the idiom about fleeing a sinking ship, but the original version suggested more prescience, an ability to anticipate oblivion and get out ahead of time.