course rosenstein reports dr directly to the president on a number of matters. but it s hard to know what to make of this. was it all theater or was the president really interested at one point in firing rosenstein but then pushed back from that? i think that that latter explanation is more likely. because for this president firing rosenstein and the impact that that could have had on narrowing and constricting the mueller investigation could easily have been perceived as evidence of the intent to obstruct justice. seems like the safer course for him is to make his piece with rosenstein and work through it. and david from the president at minimum got to show rosenstein who is boss theoretically by order him to come on this plane ride with me and spend some time talking there. but it could be the president is just waiting until after election day to fire him. because there s not a lot