[Alberta's Child]

Firing Mueller would have been perfectly legal but politically disastrous. In fact, I suspect that one reason the investigation dragged on for so long was that Mueller and/or some of his team WANTED Trump to fire them.

[faithhopecharity]

yes, i have been so advised by some here on FR

i disagreed, I felt Trump could have just gone on TV and explained why he was firing them ... DT has a great TV presence and I am confident the American people would have understood and supported him

but,... what do I know?
ha!
it was his call.. each and every day for 2 years .. and each day he kept Mueller on the payroll

so what’s done is done, and I do understand your POV, thanks

[bagster]

Mueller and/or some of his team WANTED Trump to fire them.

Absolutely. To the derps, Mueller was a win/win proposition. Omn the one hand, he acted as a [BLOCKADE], protecting the derps from repercussions for their dirty and illegal deeds, and acting as an "evidence sponge" where all evidence went to die.

He was the precursor for either indictments, but more importantly impeachment. As well as shaping public opinion against Trump and fodder for the mid-term and 2020 election.

He was the instrument of the derp's INSURANCE POLICY.

Now, the fact that Mueller is done and gone should tell us that the Trump PLAN has been and is effective. Mueller was supposed to go on at least up until the 2020 election, but now it's over and all the derps have left is the House investigations, which DECLAS and the IG should finish off.

Firing Mueller would have been an acceptable and maybe even a preferable outcome for the derps. It would have been used to PROVE obstruction and be used as the vehicle for impeachment. The derps practically begged The Donald to do it. Same with [RR].

They called the firing of Mueller, [RR], and even sometimes Sessions a RED LINE that they warned Trump not to cross.

Just in case some people were wondering about the "optics" and politics of all this.