Bondi’s firing won’t quell Trump’s discontent

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Bondi’s firing won’t quell Trump’s discontent

The president is spiraling over Iran and blaming everyone around him but himself

Published April 3, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)

It feels like 1969 all over again. The United States is mired in a war few want, there is a criminal squatting in the White House and we’re on the verge of going back to the moon.

The difference is this time the president is actually a convicted felon who is quickly spinning out of control, and the conflict is being seen as a holy war by those waging it. And as the downward spiral of Donald Trump’s ship of state gains momentum, those working for him have adopted a Titanic approach: It’s everyone for themselves.

The president announced on Thursday he had fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, apparently upset with the way she handled the ongoing Epstein scandal and because she didn’t pursue Trump’s political opponents with the vigor he demanded. While reportedly not unexpected, Bondi had hoped to make what the New York Times called a “graceful exit” this summer. She should have known there is no grace with Donald Trump. Her firing capped a week in which the president appeared increasingly out of control.

Many of us who covered Trump’s first administration heard him on occasion screaming at someone in the Oval Office. But I’m told by those unfortunate enough to be there these days that the yelling is more frequent and less restrained — and sometimes peppered with colorful metaphors more akin to a sailor on shore leave.

On Monday, a source inside the White House said they heard Trump yelling from the Oval Office “Get him out.” Moments later they witnessed........

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