What may seem to you to be President Trump being "afraid" may have a well-measured component of drawing certain players into the open, such that they be more effectively taken as chess pieces at an even more opportune time.
this is an iongoiung conspiracy and coup attempt. It’s “not every:” anything. It is the worst thing outside of assassination.
His “measured” response is 19 months along. time to stop measuring and weild his power.