Trump's decisions of the last couple of days are reactions to the Manafort bombshell.

He is doing his best to keep his base intact.

He wants them to believe that the Russian investigation is still a hoax. Paul Manafort had nothing to do with his campaign. He wants his supporters to forget the indictments and the guilty pleas and the intimacy with the Russians.

What difference does it make if he doesn't pay income taxes?

What difference does it make if he is a Mafia Don and has worked for many years to launder money for his Russian friends thru his various business interests?

What difference does it make if he puts his personal interests over the interests of our nation?

What difference does it make if he is an immoral and unstable individual?

He doesn't know what Manafort has told Mueller and he is attempting to immunize his base against all possible charges.