Up until yesterday, I was leaning towards the viewpoint that Trump shouldn’t fire Mueller...just wait it out and let Mueller finish since he has not, and will not, find any evidence of “collusion”. Additionally, it was Rosenstein who recommended to Trump that Comey should be fired so where’s the argument for “obstruction of justice”?
Now, with the FBI raid on Trump’s personal attorney’s office, I’m leaning toward the side that says Mueller should be fired. Sure, Trump will take political heat. The Dims and the corrupt left-wing media will say it’s another “Saturday Night Massacre” but Trump can ride it out and start running the country as he’s supposed to.
Fire in this order:
Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller.
The thing is, Trump shouldn’t have to be the one to call for Mueller’s investigation to end or for Mueller to be fired, and neither should anyone in his administration - that should be congress.
After all, it was congress that originally insisted on the special council - they should be the ones to admit it is nothing but a witch hunt and call for it to be ended.
The whole premise of a special council was the independence it would have from the executive branch so that Trump and his cabinet would be “hands off”. Hands off means Trump and his cabinet can’t be the ones to end it. Period.
It’s exactly like a CEO and the Board of Directors in the private corporation. The Board (congress) requires an independant review by outside auditors (special council) of management (the executive branch). The CEO (Trump) or CFO (AG) requests bid proposals, selects the CPA firm (Mueller)
gives them a place to set up camp, and pays them. But although the CEO (Trump) technically hired them it’s the Board (congress) they need to satisfy and are really reporting to, or it wouldn’t be independent. A CEO would never fire the public auditors or terminate a review - that’s the board of directors via the finance committee.
This is exactly the position Trump is in - congress insisted on the independent review and it’s up to them to close it.
It is totally unreasonable to expect Trump or anyone in his administration to terminate Mueller and his investigation. There are those in congress who would have loved to see Trump fire Mueller or instruct his AG to do so, but Trump is not that stupid.
Hopefully, others in congress will join Rand Paul in insisting the witch hunt that THEY insisted on be brought to an end. Otherwise, Trump will just have to let it continue.