Why did the NY Times believe that it was front page news to report today that Trump considered firing the special prosecutor months ago? With so much other news going on it seems odd that they would put this on their front page, a story that was covered months ago and is far from shocking even if it was true. Which then leads us to the following logical reasons (below) instead, to bring up this “boring news”.
(1) MAKE IT PERSONAL- Give Robert Muehler additional reason to go after Trump and try to get him fired.
(2) DIVERT ATTENTION- While the President polls are going up, his plan for DACA coming out and his success at the “Davos Convention” it appears the NY Times wants to make sure that their isn’t too much good news in the Trump name.
(3) FEED THE BASE- The NY Times has to give some red meat to their base especially after they had some positive news on the President.
FOOTNOTE- The NY Times might have helped give him the Trump Administration secret ammunition in case he goes after the President as act of revenge instead of justice. Be careful boring news.