Like A Petulant Child, Trump Fires Officials Who Reject His Lies

Anyone sane knew that Donald Trump, a/k/a Der Trumpenfuhrer, was not going to take his election loss well especially as he faces ballooning debts and likely criminal prosecution in New York State if not other places. Even Deutsche Bank is reportedly ready to belatedly kick him to the curb. The result is that any appointed official who refuses to buy into Trump's lies and/or refuses to implement his ill-advised orders is finding themselves subject to summary firing be it the Secretary of Defense who ordered military troops to stand down and not confront civilian protestors to now Christopher Krebs, head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security who rejected Trump's lies about election fraud.  Even more troubling, Trump has reportedly been looking for a way to start a war with Iran that would likely make the Iraq War fiascos look petty ante.  When is Mike Pence and the members of the Cabinet going to invoke the 25th Amendment before Trump does even more lasting harm to the nation? Pence would get to be president, albeit for only about 60 days, and a dangerous malignant narcissist would not be able to harm the nation and the lives of its citizens.  A piece in the Washington Post looks at Trump's growing erratic vindictiveness.  Here are excerpts: 

Trump on Tuesday fired a top Department of Homeland Security official who led the agency’s efforts to help secure the election and was vocal about tamping down unfounded claims of ballot fraud.

In a tweet, Trump fired Christopher Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS, and led successful efforts to help state and local election offices protect their systems and to rebut misinformation.

Earlier in the day, Krebs in a tweet refuted allegations that election systems were manipulated, saying that “59 election security experts all agree, ‘in every case of which we are aware, these claims either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.’”

Krebs’ statement amounted to a debunking of Trump’s central claim that the November election was stolen.

 Trump's behavior is increasing reminiscent of Hitler's final days in the Führerbunker as it became more and more difficult for Hitler to cling to his delusions.