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Appreciate your comments. And I do see the validity of your points.

My concern, however, is that the the politicization and weaponization of federal agencies like DOJ, FBI and IRS is of the utmost gravity in that this undermines people’s confidence in the rule of law and erodes the very foundation of our democratic principles.

This is like having termites in your home and doing nothing about it. Eventually, the entire structure will crumble.

Trump really needs to clean out the infestation and shore up the house to make it stronger. While there are some political advantages to giving these people the rope to hang themselves, there is a risk of destroying confidence in our governmental institutions and processes. I trust you can see the seriousness of that.

My advice to you is to relax, wait and observe. Our collective appointment with destiny was set into motion long ago. There's nothing we or anything one else can do but watch the long drama unfold. In essence, there are really only 4 possible outcomes from an intersection of two axis:

1. (a) Judicial vs (b) military
2. (a) Success vs (b) failure

Right now, Trump is clearly allowing 1a to proceed. As long as he continues to gradually increase his approval ratings with each new MAGA success, along with each new swamp revelation, then Nov 2018 is looking pretty good. However, the military option should be assumed to be in play for the simple reason that they are charged with defense against enemies, foreign and domestic.

The second axis is simply a measure of success or failure. I'm sure everyone is familiar with Churchill's famous quote: “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”

So, in this situation, Trump has to assess the proper timing. There's also the issue that he may not have the confidence to act. In that case, the republic is already lost. I assume he went through all this effort to be effective; it makes little sense to balk at the moment of truth.

Lastly, consider this: was the USA going to last forever? If not, when would it fail, and what would be the precipitating cause(s)? I find a lot of emotional reactions are probably due to a lack of historical knowledge. These types of power plays between competing interests are the very currency of human government. It's not odd, surprising, evil or whatever label one wishes to ascribe - it's called human nature, or the power of will. The ones who prevail are the ones armed with the greatest discipline, skill, ability and desire.