on occasion, he managed to say manage so shocking that it isn t just short-term disruptive, it maybe changes the course of history, because it s something that sticks and it s something big. i was going to fire comey. there s no good time to do it, by the way. because in your letter, you said, i accepted their recommendations. so, you had already made the decision? oh, i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. he made a recommendation, he s highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy. the democrats like him, the. rickey:s like him. he made a recommendation. but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. what the president told nbc s lester holt that day saying he