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tblue37

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5. Yes, both. One way to fire someone is to demand that they resign, or to indicate without coming

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 01:56 PM

Jul 2017

right out and saying it that they really need to submit that resignation letter if they don't want the embarrassment of being openly fired.

Usually in politics they let the person submit the resignation and thus claim to have their own reasons for leaving the job, so they will not be humiliated, since humiliating someone you might need on your side later is not a good way to succeed in politics.

But Trump simply cannot refrain from humiliating people. He is all about chimpanzee dominance displays.

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Was Preibus fired, or did he resign? [View all] Orrex Jul 2017 OP

priebus claims he resigned the day before it was announced. unblock Jul 2017 #1

It's popularly referred to as "You can't fire me - I quit!" COLGATE4 Jul 2017 #3

And you can't quit, you're fired!! politicat Jul 2017 #9

He was shown the door to resign. ksoze Jul 2017 #2

I think Priebus was constructively fired meow2u3 Jul 2017 #4

Yes, both. One way to fire someone is to demand that they resign, or to indicate without coming tblue37 Jul 2017 #5

He was fired jberryhill Jul 2017 #6

That's kind of how I interpreted it... Orrex Jul 2017 #8

I think he resigned, but Trump loses power, so he created the fascade of firing him to regain it. TheBlackAdder Jul 2017 #7

Many highly placed positions in industry or government lapfog_1 Jul 2017 #10

From the news reports marylandblue Jul 2017 #11

With Robert Mueller's dropping the Hammer on the RNC Wellstone ruled Jul 2017 #12

More importantly, without his flop sweat leaving his body whenever someone asks him a question, FSogol Jul 2017 #13