Who’s next to be fired?
Headlines suggest that Donald Trump is not feeling as sheathed in a coccoon of warm, sychophants as he’s used to. This makes Captain Insecure agitated and unnerved. Answer? Fire someone.
AG Pam Bondi is in the headlines for just that reason (New York Times):
President Trump has discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondi in recent days as he grows frustrated with her leadership at the Justice Department and her handling of the Epstein files, according to four people familiar with the conversations.
Mr. Trump has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the people said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations by the president.
Mr. Trump has not made a final decision, and Ms. Bondi’s allies pointed to photos of her and the president traveling to the Supreme Court on Wednesday to dispute the notion that the president is planning to fire her.
Rumors are also flying about DNI Tulsi Gabbard (The Guardian):
Donald Trump has privately asked cabinet officials in recent weeks whether he should replace his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, venting frustration that she shielded a former deputy who undercut his rationale for war with Iran, according to two people briefed on the discussions.
It is not clear that Trump will actually fire Gabbard over the episode. Currently, there is no standout candidate to take the job, and advisers have cautioned that creating a high-profile vacancy before a successor is ready could cause unhelpful political distractions.
Like the war in Iran he started, the firings could distract Trump from deciding what flooring and chandeliers to pick for his now-on-hold ballroom, suggests New Yorker cartoonist Matt Reuter.
Trump was taking questions from reporters aboard Air Force One when he began holding up a series of architectural drawings and talked at length about the project he began pursuing early in his second term.
“We have all bullet-proof glass, we have drone-proof roofs, ceilings,” the president said as he shuffled through the renderings. “Unfortunately, we’re living in an age when that’s a good thing.”
Unfortuately, we’re living in an age dominated by billionaire tech bros and a president as incompetent as the people he hires to cover his ass.