>>9681807 (lb)
Guessing firing his ass means they got him on something. If that's correct, there's some people who were in on whatever that something was.
Have to watch how Schumer responds. He'll need to bitch for optics, but it may not be wise for Schumer to demand public answers to questions he already knows the answers to privately. He may get them.
My guess is that, at that point in time, Trump decided to get out of all foreign military entanglements, but didn't want to give away his hand during the process.
Trump, accordingly, hires uber-Hawk Bolton who scares the shit out of anyone looking to take advantage of Trump's dove position. No one at that point has the slightest fucking idea what Trump is really going to do.
Trump's negotiating MO, AFAIK