The president is spiraling over Iran and blaming everyone around him but himself

Bondi’s firing won’t quell Trump’s discontent
The president is spiraling over Iran and blaming everyone around him but himself

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published April 3, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)


(Salon) It feels like 1969 all over again. The United States is mired in a war few want, there is a criminal squatting in the White House and we’re on the verge of going back to the moon.

The difference is this time the president is actually a convicted felon who is quickly spinning out of control, and the conflict is being seen as a holy war by those waging it. And as the downward spiral of Donald Trump’s ship of state gains momentum, those working for him have adopted a Titanic approach: It’s everyone for themselves.

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On Monday, a source inside the White House said they heard Trump yelling from the Oval Office “Get him out.” Moments later they witnessed deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth scrambling like frightened puppies. This is, of course, why the press is no longer allowed in the “Upper Press” offices. Many of us who covered Trump’s first administration heard him on occasion screaming at someone in the Oval Office. But I’m told by those unfortunate enough to be there these days that the yelling is more frequent and less restrained — and sometimes peppered with colorful metaphors more akin to a sailor on shore leave. These same sources have told me that Trump has considered ousting and replacing both Miller and Hegseth. The only one who seems safe is chief of staff Susie Wiles.

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Meanwhile, retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who was the first Republican to call for the resignation or firing of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, now has his sights set on Miller. The architect of Trump’s mass deportation policy “should go,” Tillis told CNN’s Jake Tapper, characterizing Miller’s role in the administration as a “big problem.” The senator added that it was Miller who initially said the U.S. should “go after Greenland,” and who has been “repeatedly responsible for embarrassments for the president of the United States by acting too quickly speaking, first, and thinking later.” ........................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2026/04/03/bondis-firing-wont-quell-trumps-discontent/