There is two things which could be going on here.
A distraction away from another national topic or the beginning of pushing aside of people who are no longer useful.
I said nearly the same thing on a related thread today:
My cynical mind is reading this kerfuffle as nothing more than the White House and their sycophants in the SRM creating a big nothing burger to divert attention away from other, more serious issues, such as the release of criminal illegal aliens from federal custody.