Suppose you knew the head of Exxon-Mobil, Rex Tillerson was part of the Cabal that keeps the U.S. in a perpetual state of war in the Middle East. Suppose you felt he was a little too cozy with folks like Vladimir Putin and he had a record of propping up brutal dictators around the world while selling out U.S. interests to enrich himself and his corporate masters. How do you get rid of such a man? You take advantage of his ego and offer him a job he can't refuse, U.S. Secretary of State. He willingly steps down from his position with Exxon-Mobil, no longer the head. Perfect. You wait until Exxon-Mobil has a new CEO firmly in place so there's no job for him to return to, then you get rid of him. Check and mate. Rex Tillerson is no longer in charge of Exxon-Mobil and is no longer in a position to sell out U.S. interests to enrich himself.
After seeing it first hand from the inside, suppose you felt Reince Priebus was running the Republican Party in a shady manner and seemed to be working in lock step with the Bush's who you know are part of the Deep State. How do you get rid of such a man? You take advantage of his ego and offer him a job he can't refuse, White House Chief of staff. He willingly steps down from his position with the RNC, no longer head. Perfect. You wait until the RNC has a new Chair firmly in place, the one you recommended, Ronna Romney-McDaniel, then you get rid of him. Check and mate. Reince Priebus is no longer Chair of the RNC which breaks the grip the Bush's have on the party.
Why Ronna Romney-McDaniel? Because putting Ronna Romney-McDaniel in charge of the RNC also silences her uncle Mitt Romney, previously one of your staunchest critics and defacto head of the now defunct Never-Trump faction of the Republican Party. Bonus check and mate.
Suppose you felt a former Obama intelligence official, Micheal Flynn, upon his retirement from the military was, through his consulting company, possibly selling state secrets illegally obtained from both military and Obama administration leakers to foreign governments? How do you get rid of such a man? You take advantage of his ego and offer him a job he can't refuse, National Security Advisor. He willingly closes his consulting company. Perfect. Knowing he'll just try to use his new position to keep selling state secrets and enriching himself, you wait until you can catch him in a lie, to the Vice President of all people, then fire him in disgrace and make him so toxic, no one will ever touch him again. Check and mate.
Suppose you have an important swing state, South Carolina, with a popular second (final) term Governor, Nikki Haley, who was an early, vocal anti-Tumper. You know South Carolina, a state you barely won in the recent election, as well as an early primary state, will be critical to both your agenda and re-election moving forward. How do you get rid of such a woman? You take advantage of her ego and offer her a job she can't refuse, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She willingly resigns as Governor of South Carolina and is immediately succeeded by Henry McMaster her Lieutenant Governor an early vocal pro-Trump supporter. Perfect. You wait until McMaster secures his nomination for re-election (June 12th) and is projected to easily win (which he has), you thank Nikki for her service and send her back home. Check and mate.
Lest Nikki have any thoughts of rejoining the anti-Trump opposition and re-entering politics anytime soon, per the South Carolina state constitution, McMaster, having served less than 2 years of Haley's remaining 4 year term, is eligible to serve 2 full 4 year terms as Governor himself, meaning a reliable Trump supporter as Governor of South Carolina for almost 10 years. Bonus check and mate.
Lest you have any illusion if the importance of having a like minded Governor in office, keep in mind that a Governor can direct their Attorney General to sue the Federal Government for Federal overreach, violation of State's Rights (10th Amendment), constitutionality of Federal policies, etc. Such cases almost always make it to the (now strict Constitutionalist) Supreme Court quickly. Bonus, bonus check and mate.
4D Chess baby.
As for others like Tom Price, he was great on paper, faithfully executed the President's policies and did a competent job of running the Department of Health and Human Services, but he proved to be a bit shady in his spending of Government money and he created unnecessary scandal after unnecessary scandal. Like him or not, competent or not, with everyone hyper focused on HHS with Trump wanting to repeal Obamacare, he needs someone above reproach who could withstand public scrutiny. Unfortunately, Price was not that guy so, "You're fired." I'm not sure what you're gripe is here. Do you feel DJT should have been clairvoyant or do you feel DJT should keep dishonest people like that, as previous administrations did?
Then there's folks like Kelly Sadler, Special Assistant to the President (Office of Communications) who was fired for mocking then Senator John McCain in a closed door meeting with 2 dozen staffers. (WTF? How does this fit the narrative of this thread? Holy crap!) Left, right, center, like him, hate him, DJT didn't care, the man had terminal brain cancer and wasn't going to put up with someone who mocked that. "You're fired!" Again, I'm not sure what you're gripe is here either. Again, do you feel DJT should have been clairvoyant or do you feel DJT should keep people like that, as previous administrations did?
How about Sally Yates, an Obama appointee and holdover who served the Trump administration as Acting Attorney General. She made it 10 days before she was fired for insubordination. Are you saying Trump should have kept an insubordinate employee, as Obama did, just because she was a holdover and Obama appointee? Hell, no. "You're fired."
Then there's all the Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama appointees that are all under investigation for trying to first, throw the election in favor of Hillary, then when that didn't work, stage a soft coup. Of course these are the folks you really wanted to stay in there and you wanted them to succeed, but they didn't so now you just spew crap. Check and mate.
Which brings me to Jeff Sessions. To keep the press distracted while your 'Law and Order' Attorney General quietly prepares over 40,000 sealed Federal indictments over said election tampering, you keep the press distracted with a mock feud. Using their hatred and vitriol against them so each time the Dems and MSM demonize you for attacking him, they come running to his defense, to bolster his reputation, going on the record to say what a good and honest man he is and what a stellar job he's doing which will make it much harder to go after him as the indictments become unsealed. Check and mate.
But let's face it, while his mild manner and 'aw shucks' mannerisms were perfect for staying under the radar while the sealed indictments were being prepared, he's not the bulldog needed to unseal them and take the guilty parties to trial. Now that the mid-terms are done and Trump has the solid Senate majority he needs (despite the current Dem attempt to steal the Florida and Arizona seats), Sessions job is done. Sessions resignation also removes Rod Rosenstein, a G.W. Bush appointee and faithful lieutenant of the Deep State from his oversight position in the Mueller investigation. Now maybe the American people can see what they've been wasting our tax money on for 2 years. Check and mate.
Remember, it's the new firmly Trump majority Senate that will approve the rest of DJT's Executive and Judicial nominations that were being held up the the Dems and the RINOs in the Senate. It is also this new solid Trump majority Senate that will approve the next Attorney General. In the meantime, I'm sure our new Acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker, who previously wrote Op-ed pieces in support of re-opening the Hillary server and campaign investigations, and supports a full investigation into the Clinton Foundation, will serve the U.S. well. Whitaker just looks like the enforcer we need doesn't he?