In the message linked in my monthly review of DT1 reshuffles, there is a translation (by yours truly)of your Guide on how to use the Trust System properly.
So, I agree with everything you said, and above all, DT inclusion should be based on the trust of a particular user.
Yet, Feedback metrics are not included in the criteria for DT inclusion.
Maybe theymos will be inspired by this and amend the rules.
Until then, I haven't much to say, and if a political battle will emerge, I am not sure I will be too interested in taking sides.
Of course, if something filthy emerges, I will be very interested.
What you write here makes a lot of sense, but looking at it objectively, there is no way to tell if a user's trust feedback will be accurate/helpful or not if they've never left any feedback. Is it a good idea to add users to a trust list based on their trust list alone, and just trust they would leave helpful feedback if/when they did? I'm trying to be purely objective about it.