* There is a simple and fundamental way to summarize the situation. I call it the Screech Law (SL).
SL can be parsimoniously defined mathematically.
First, define x to be any action by Trump. Then, define S to be the state of the world where the MSM, democrats, and all goodthinkers screech. Last, define f(x) to be the process by which the MSM etc. analyze, process, and react to x.
The Screech Law states that f(x) = S for all x.
So far, the Screech Law has been 100% accurate. Trump does x, any x, and the MSM etc. screech.
It has gotten to the point where I don’t even bother to read the MSM headlines. It is all-screeching all the time. It is like checking to see if the sun rose this morning. Why bother? It only tells you what they are screeching about today. Yawn.
But, when you’ve lost the Presidency, Senate, and House, screeching is all you have left. When all you have is screeching, everything becomes something to screech about.
* 2. Trump (as Agnostic has pointed out) runs on cycles—he’s very high energy and busy for a month or two, then goes low-energy for a month or two; it’s his natural (or learned) ebb and flow—strike hard, strike in a blitzkreig, and then relent and see what the terrain gives you, watch and wait. He’s reentered his frenetic pace, where he’ll probably have a flurry of things done in the next month. He probably decided on firing Comey a month ago but waited until he could secure both the AG and the deputy FBI guy’s support, and for Comey to slip up publicly, until he did it.
3. Trump’s Comey fire should have been on the first day, but he probably didn’t have a good (re: reliable underling) ready for the job yet. Trump had badder fish to fry (AG’s office, executive orders, Sec of State) and triaged Comey’s demise until later. Comey tried to derail Trump with his July 5th cover for Hillary, and Trump didn’t forget, he just realized Comey wasn’t that important once he’d been sworn in.
4. As a guy who runs on cycles of ebb and flow, Steinbrenner and Trump believe others do as well. Hence why Steinbrenner could fire and rehire Martin, believing he was on upside of cycles when he hired him.
* Bill James thinks Steinbrenner’s use of Martin, who was an exciting short term manager but wore out teams in the long run, was pretty effective.
