Multiple administration sources say Trump might fire Mark Esper & Gina Haspel today.

[Mrs. Overall]

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Josh Rogin
@joshrogin

Hearing from multiple administration sources that Trump might fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper, as early as today. Maybe CIA Director Gina Haspel too.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Just out of spite, of course, because they're leaving in weeks anyway.

Donnie the Defeated just wants it on the record that they didn't resign, he fired them. What a fucking tool.

[dubyadiprecession]

9. Trump did them a favor.

That’s about as nice a thing he can do for his staff, fire them so they can be free of him.

[NJCher]

2. my local NPR says

he was told this will make him look like he's still in charge and "presidential." LOL.

[OLDMDDEM]

3. makes sense

He has to distract from the election and blame everything on someone else.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I thought Esper was about to resign anyhow.

[Mike 03]

7. Yes, he prepared his letter of resignation.

The days are blending together and I can't recall if it was Wednesday or Thursday.

I don't know if he submitted it officially or not.

[Mike 03]

5. Has he decided to spare Chris Wray?

I understand from Trump's perspective why he'd want to fire Esper and Wray.

I'm not sure about Haspel. Is it because she admits that Russian interference is real?

[jmowreader]

11. Either that...

...or he expected the CIA to find dirt on Hunter Biden sufficient to throw the election, and they didn’t - largely because it doesn’t exist.

And strangely enough, it wouldn’t matter anyway because Hunter Biden will have no role in the Biden presidency, unlike Trump’s children. Biden is able to trust more than two people.

[Tanuki]

6. Remember when he fired Andrew McCabe just 26 hours before his formal retirement,

spitefully jeopardizing the pension McCabe had earned through more than 20 years of government service?

[Roland99]

8. What's the difference at this point? Gonna leave those positions open then?

[Mr. Sparkle]

10. Funny, the American people just fired him today.

[Mc Mike]

12. Rump has a big to do list from Putin, only 2 months to get it all done.