Those are really the only two options at this point:
President Trump on Thursday said he was thinking of “this Russia thing with Trump” when he decided to fire FBI Director James B. Comey, who had been leading the counterintelligence investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Recounting his decision to dismiss Comey, Trump told NBC News, “In fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won.’”
Trump’s account flatly contradicts the White House’s initial account of how the president arrived at his decision, undercutting public denials by his aides that the move was influenced in any way by his growing fury with the ongoing Russia probe.
The most insane thing about this to me is that people remain loyal to him. I simply do not get it. I had an NCO who fucked his guys over every chance he got. He didn’t last long.
I’d like to think that in an alternate universe Republicans are sharpening the guillotine after President Clinton fired Comey because of the “email thing.”