Donald Trump acted out badly the day after the midterm elections. His firing of Jeff Sessions was not his most brilliant moment.
Surely the plan was always to kill the Mueller investigation after the midterm. But this was probably envisioned as something to go along with a GOP House that would block all other inquiry. Trump's anger over the loss may have moved him to act without thinking things through 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 8, 2018
And Trump isn't a dictator, much as he might wish he were. He can tell federal officials not to talk — but he can't tell private citizens, including fired prosecutors, not to testify when called by Congress. His defensive wall has been breached, bigly 4/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 8, 2018
Plus, Trump won’t have his lap dog, Devin Nunes, running interference for him as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee. Adam Schiff is in charge and Trump is going to find out what the word “oversight” means. He’s had a very cushy two years with a unified government at his beck and call. Now he’s going to find out what politics is really about.
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