Trump's typically dickish move to fire Andrew McCabe two days before his pension kicked in could simply be Trump and the people around him being their usual asshole selves. This is a crew who fire people on Twitter. It can't be said enough, these are the worst people.
What's worrisome is that we are seeing the groundwork being laid for the firing of Bob Mueller. Trump's attorney is floating it. The bullshit release of that House majority report on the 2016 election and the firing of McCabe and the calls from people like Chuck Grassley to investigate the FBI are designed to cast doubts on the FBI, US intelligence services and thus the Mueller investigation.
Meanwhile, the Russians are actively launching small scale chemical weapons attacks on one of our allies, while we do almost nothing.
When Nixon fired Archibald Cox, he faced a Democratic congress and a Republican party that wasn't going to put party over country. That is not the case with Mueller.
These are deeply perilous times for our democracy. Hopefully, Trump's firing of some people will sate his need to be cruel for a little while longer and shield Mueller for a few months. We need to get to November. Fast.
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