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I think he might fire Mueller right before he leaves before his trip on Friday. (Original Post)
boston bean
May 2017
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BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)1. He will have Rosenstein's replacement fire Mueller
No doubt about it in my mind.
kentuck
(111,094 posts)2. A more likely scenario.
I would agree. He would fire Rosenstein first.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)3. First he'd have to fire Rosenstein, then replace him with a lackey
who would fire him. Rosenstein made it a point that only HE could fire Mueller because he expected as much.
If he doesn't want to be hit with an immediate obstruction charge, he'll let this go because that would be an obvious display or obstruction and abuse of power.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)4. Dan Rather was saying...
That if he fired Mueller in the next 2-3 weeks he might even get away with it, at least in the short term.
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)5. Trump doesn't give a damn about optics or anything else
No one should discount that possibility