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Who will Trump fire first?

I've been trying to imagine someone trying to explain to Trump why someone lying has to go. That's probably why it took so long for Trump to tell Flyn he had to resign....
 
For a person whose job is to make Trump look good, Conway is remarkably inept. Granted,not much she could do with a employer like Trump,but still,COnway is making way too many mistakes. In most businesses, she would have gone out the door a long time ago.
 
CNN is right now talking about Conway. Somebody asked if she's "The Problem". She's not. Nor is Spicer. Trump's the problem. My prediction at the moment is that Conway will genuinely quit, rather than be fired.

That said, who's next? Or do we need a "Who will Trump fire second" thread?
 
dudalb said:
So who is next?
Conway is becoming a laughingstock even more then Spicer is...even GOP commentators are ridiculing here. She is making Donald look silly....she might be next.
Spicer is also a next candidate.
Preibus is also a possibility, though he is not making himself a fool on a daily basis the way Conway is.
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Conway was my bet for first out. I'll have to go with her again.

Sooner or later I'll be right. Just like a stopped clock.
 
Trebuchet said:
CNN is right now talking about Conway. Somebody asked if she's "The Problem". She's not. Nor is Spicer. Trump's the problem. My prediction at the moment is that Conway will genuinely quit, rather than be fired.

That said, who's next? Or do we need a "Who will Trump fire second" thread?
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Agreed 1000% but no doubt both Spicer and Conway could have handled their job better.
One theory is that they are playing to Trump as much as to reporters,saying things they think will please Trump. I find it hard to belive that Donald, crass as he is, would think that having an official spokesman plug his daughter's product like that was a good idea. But Conway though it was a great way to get into his good graces.....
 
Jodie said:
Michael Flynn got asked to resign, not sure if this counts.
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It counts. Being asked to resign is simply a nicer way of firing someone, especially since there's no possible appeals process - the national security advisor serves entirely at the pleasure of the President (there is no Senate confirmation process, for example).
 
Jodie said:
Michael Flynn got asked to resign, not sure if this counts.
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You have got to be kidding. Of course being "Asked to resign" counts as a firing. They always "resign", they are never fired. I don't think one of the major figures in Watergate was fired, except for the AG in the Saturday Night Massacre, and that is a different situation.
 
dudalb said:
You have got to be kidding. Of course being "Asked to resign" counts as a firing. They always "resign", they are never fired. I don't think one of the major figures in Watergate was fired, except for the AG in the Saturday Night Massacre, and that is a different situation.
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Actually, AG Richardson resigned because he didn't want to obey Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Cox. And after him, Deputy-AG Ruckelshaus did the same. But three's the charm, and SG Bork did Nixon's bidding.

Resigning out of protest is a third possibility, and I think it's certainly possible that that will happen under the Orange Führer; but it's certainly not what happened with Flynn.
 
With any luck, the GOP will soon put an end to this nonsensical display of ineptitude, self-indulgence and patent lunacy. The basic cause of it all is Trump. All the others' reasons for even being there hang off Trump - Bannon, Flynn, Conway, Spicer, Miller, etc. They know it, you know it, the world knows it. The only question is: How much longer are the GOP heavyweights going to tolerate this worsening situation before the unpopularity of Trump staying outweighs the unpopularity of them impeaching him. It must surely be getting close now.
 
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Keep in mind, there is so much factionalism in the administration at this point that any 'anonymous sources within the administration' may simply be planting stories about a rival faction.
 
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