Item #2 is paramount. If Trump fails in making those declassified docs public, the republic is pretty much finished. If item #1 fails, Trump can nominate even a stronger conservative.
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As much as it pains me to say this, Rosenstein and company are, right now, successfully defying a presidential order. So, at this moment in time they effectively in control. They are stonewalling and prohibiting the release of information DEMANDED by the president, without any consequence as of yet.
As I said, this is a defining moment. I totally agree with you that if Trump fails to remove this seditious cabal then he and we are all in deep trouble. He must immediately assert himself or lose his authority and accept the fact that his subordinates can withhold vital information from him and ignore his direction.
This cannot stand. Its time for Trump to act decisively and take swift corrective -- and punative -- action. The captain needs to stop this mutiny.