joking or being sarcastic. emily, unless this president fires rosenstein, how much longer does the story stay in the news and how i think it will stay in the news cycle until the midterms if not well beyond, pending whether rosenstein quits or whether the president fires him. benefiting the president, i don t know. it s difficult to see him, i guess, depending too much on the new york times report when he called the new york times failing. the question of whether rosenstein was being sarcastic or sincere when he made the remarks, that s a key question, i believe. we ve had a lot of justice department officials, especially, who know rosenstein say that he has a dry sense of humor. he might not have been serious when he was making the roorks. remarks. sean, what are your not to fire rod rosenstein,