Presidents and Pink Slips
President Donald Trump's bombshell firing of FBI Director James Comey is leaving oversized craters in the political environment. It's not unusual for incoming presidents to fire or ask for the resignations of bureaucrats left over from the previous administration, but Comey's firing has politicians, the press, and politically-tuned-in citizens on edge. The unease is due to the FBI's investigation of President Trump and his associates and their possible ties to Russia. Firing the director leading that investigation is leaving a host of commentators crying foul. President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey. Rex/Shutterstock David Ignatius of the Washington Post wrote: "Comey’s firing takes the country closer to the dangerous collision that has been looming since allegations began about possible connections between Trump and his associates and the Russian covert influence operation Comey has been investigating since July." The Los ...