You're Not Fired

Robert Mueller is still the special counsel investigating Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential campaign and possible collusion between Trump and the Russians.  But he almost lost his job.  The New York Times reported that Trump wanted to fire him back in June - a charge Trump denies - but White House counsel Don McGahn refused to carry out the order, threatening to quit.  With this news out, Mueller has become untouchable.  Do you think Trump is going to fire him now?  He can deny that he ever did try to fire him all he wants, but if he does try to dismiss him, it's going to look very, very bad.  

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) thinks that Trump will still try to get Mueller out. I don't think so.  Trump isn't going to do anything that will encourage anyone to turn against him and force him out of office.  He's going to do everything he can to survive to the bitter end.  And if Mueller finds enough damning evidence to have Trump removed from office, the bitter end will come sooner rather than later.

I don't know which was the funniest occurrence of the past couple of days - Sean Hannity acknowledging the veracity of the Times' report by cutting to the chase (specifically , a car chase that had nothing to do with Trump or Mueller),  Republican senator Ron Johnson of WIsconsin suggesting a "secret society" in the FBI trying to get rid of Trump, or the FBI being accused of conspiracy when several months' worth of anti-Trump texts by Peter Strzok and Lisa Page went missing . . . only to be recovered shortly thereafter.