I like Trump’s tendency to make corrections when a hire isn’t working out. Then when he finds the right person, he apparently treats him or her well in a very long working relationship.
I think he saw early on (summer) where the RATs and RINOs were going with Russia, and gave them some red meat to pre-occupy themselves while Mattis got Vice Adm. Bob Harward ‘free’ to take the job. A SEAL ‘rock’, that’s the guy we needed all this time.
I never thought DJT was serious about Flynn, just a distraction for the enemy.