President Trump’s Thursday schedule made no mention of a highly anticipated meeting expected to determine the fate of deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.
Trump had hinted at a Wednesday evening press conference that he might postpone the sit-down to avoid “competing” with the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is accused of sexual assault.
Trump also told reporters that he may allow Rosenstein to stay put, telling reporters that his “preference would be to keep him.”
This about-face comes after a frenetic Monday in which rumors flew that Rosenstein was either resigning or being fired following reports that he’d discussed trying to oust Trump from office in 2017.
This is some combination of:
a) Trump being a giant wimp
b) Someone explaining to him that Rosenstein’s departure, and his replacement by someone amenable to manipulating the investigation, does nothing to make info Mueller has already collected “disappear”.
Mostly (a).
Well, if the Kavanaugh hearings start to go bad for him you can be SURE that Trump will “summon” Rosenstein to the WH immediately to try to recapture the News-Cycle.
Josh was right. Rosenstein called his bluff and rolled him.
It was clear earlier this week Trump would ‘forget’ to have a Thursday meeting.
Draw your own conclusions.
natch