Trump is right to pull their clearances for security reasons, but it’s also good politics.
Trump seems to relish being attacked by his political enemies - he rarely seeks reconciliation - instead he escalates.
The only explanation for this behavior is that he knows he has the moral high ground with his America First and Drain the Swamp agendas. When you have the moral high ground, a public confrontation brings out the worst in your enemies.
Trump seems to be picking fights wherever he can - he winds up smelling like roses while his enemies embarrass themselves. The Left is trying to spin this security clearances thing into a Nixonian “enemies list” scandal, but if recent history teaches us anything, Trump will bait them into overplaying their hand, and they’ll wind up looking like the tyrants - not him.
It’s entirely possible that the POTUS is purposely prolonging the Mueller investigation as part of this same political strategy. They have nothing on him after a year and a half of digging, and it is being run out of his own DOJ, yet he has done nothing to stop it.
I’m not a Q follower, but I do think Trump has a plan - and being seen as the innocent victim of a deep state witch hunt is a part of it.
Thanks for enumerating your find analysis, enumerated. Its sounds solid.