I think he might fire Mueller right before he leaves before his trip on Friday.

[boston bean]

[BeyondGeography]

1. He will have Rosenstein's replacement fire Mueller

No doubt about it in my mind.

[kentuck]

2. A more likely scenario.

I would agree. He would fire Rosenstein first.

[justiceischeap]

3. First he'd have to fire Rosenstein, then replace him with a lackey

who would fire him. Rosenstein made it a point that only HE could fire Mueller because he expected as much.

If he doesn't want to be hit with an immediate obstruction charge, he'll let this go because that would be an obvious display or obstruction and abuse of power.

[Adrahil]

4. Dan Rather was saying...

That if he fired Mueller in the next 2-3 weeks he might even get away with it, at least in the short term.

[dalton99a]

5. Trump doesn't give a damn about optics or anything else

No one should discount that possibility