Just as the Trump Admin thought it had one semi-success under its belt with step one of the repeal of Obamacare, the commander-in-chief throws a grenade in to destabilise everything by summarily ousting the FBI Director on television. Conspiracy theories are rife though the Independent this morning takes a more measured view. ‘Sheer incompetence and schoolyard nastiness may better explain the botched dismissal. In time we’ll know if “cover-up” properly applies to the latest Washington doings. But what does, however the dust finally settles, is “cock-up”. Nobody wins from this and certainly not Trump.’
The storyline, as far as it can be extrapolated, is that Trump grew increasingly irked by James Comey – for not supporting his contention that Obama had wire-tapped him, for suggesting that he (Comey) might have swayed the election against Hillary, and Russia, Russia, Russia. So he instructed the Attorney General, supreme overlord of the FBI, to come up with a raison d’etre. Then Jeff Sessions and his Deputy Rod Rosenstein got blamed for the firing, at which point according to the Washington Post, Rosenstein, just two weeks into the job, threatened to resign.
Sessions, though he has been carrying out Trumpian hard-line policies, never looked to be at ease with his master. Their relationship chart has tr Saturn square the composite Sun opposition Mercury Venus right through this year; with serious hiccups in 2018. [See previous posts: April 13, March 2, Jan 10 and Nov 20 2016.]
Rod Rosenstein, 13 Jan 1965 Philadelphia, the Deputy Attorney General, is a Sun Capricorn trine Mars Pluto Uranus in Virgo trine Jupiter in Taurus; with Jupiter opposition Neptune, so a strong, confident and talented chart. He looks shell-shocked and blocked this year with his Solar Arc Mars conjunct his Neptune and his Solar Arc Sun opposing his Pluto. His Mars Pluto Uranus all square Trump’s Uranus Sun and Moon – so they do have an angry and unpredictable chemistry.