[Truth29]

Trump could have ended this long ago if he had been willing to fire Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller. He didn't for reasons he no doubt thought were and may still be valid, but now the bleeding will continue. Now, Cohen has pled guilty to a felony campaign finance violation at the direction of the candidate.

[palmer]

Trump could have ended this long ago if he had been willing to fire Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller.

First that would have triggered impeachment the next day. That would chew up the House and Senate for months when we need other things done.

Second, there's a persistent myth that someone else besides Sessions would have stopped the coup. That's ridiculous, no such person exists. The coup will simply have to run out of gas, sputter and die politically. That's been baked into the cake from day one: political with no criminal action to justify it. So it will have to die from lack of political support (other than the minority of Trump haters who will always support any fantasy).