Donald Trump has been president for 110 days. In that time, he has fired an acting attorney general, his national security adviser, dozens of federal prosecutors, including one who was investigating him, and, on Tuesday night, the director of the FBI, James Comey. While each decision has threatened to kick off a crisis -- one could argue that many Americans are now in a perpetual state of minor alarm -- the decision to sack Comey landed differently. So what did Trump, who is nothing if not savvy about how the press and public will react to his every utterance, think was going to happen? Because this is surely not how he planned his Wednesday. Based on what we know about his decision-making process, Trump appears to have made four fundamental miscalculations. 1. He thought Democrats would pull their punches Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, "I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer." Then acts so indignant.#draintheswamp 2. He expected Republicans to keep the wagons circled tight Jeff Flake ✔@JeffFlake I've spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the timing of Comey's firing. I just can't do it. 8:58 PM - 9 May 2017 3. He outsmarted himself by trying to use Clinton as a shield 4. He involved Jeff Sessions, casting doubt on integrity of the Justice Department Read article and video to support #3: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/trump-comey-firing-mistakes/index.html
He is offering crumbs and will eventually serve really bad decisions in the near future to acclimate the intelligent American voter towards his irrational management style.
