Trump Fires White House Counsel McGahn-- The Most Dysfunctional Government Ever

Yesterday, at RollCall, Walter Shapiro asked why the GOP still puts up with Trump's graceless vulgarity. Presumably that question will be speculated upon for years to come. "Why do his supporters put up with it? ... What is it about Trump that has the power to cloud the minds of Republicans who should know better? ... Common ground. That’s the part of American democracy that Trump will never understand. That sometimes you join hands with your former adversaries in the quest to make this a country-- to steal a McCain book title-- "worth the fighting for."

"Former adversaries?" Trump can't even join hands with former allies who he's driven off with the most unsuitable temperament and unsuitable set of ethical and moral standards that anyone has ever brought to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Today he swinishly tweeted that White House counsel Don McGahn would be leaving the White House either after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court or after the midterms. That's how McGahn found out he was fired.

The Washington Post reported that one person close to McGahn said "'He was surprised.' While it had been an open secret inside the White House that McGahn planned to leave after Kavanaugh’s confirmation process concludes, he had not discussed his plans directly with Trump... That potentially puts a successor in charge of fielding a blizzard of requests or subpoenas for documents and testimony if Democrats win control of the House in the midterms. And if the White House winds up fighting special counsel Robert Mueller, an epic constitutional fight could lie ahead."

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) told Trump to keep McGahn. RollCall reported that "Judiciary Committee Republicans have joined their Democratic colleagues in urging the president to avoid any moves that would be seen as him moving to directly interfere with or end the special counsel probe. Many Republican lawmakers view McGahn and others around the president as barriers preventing Trump from firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Mueller, his entire team, and any other Justice Department official the president views as out to get him via the Russia probe."