Short of overthrowing the government, Trump is stuck with the Department of Justice's independence.

to declare Martial Law and stay in office past 2016.

He has no idea how to control
If he fires anyone.

is more of an idiot than Trump.

...a six step plan to wipe his own ass!

His hands are too small, waist too big, he is a germophobe, someone has to hold his hair out of the way...

I believe he pays someone to do that, and change his adult diapers.

Regardless of what we think of Kelly one doesn't get to General unless one has the ability to think strategically. It must be galling to him that he is aide to a wet behind the ears 2nd lieutenant who uses petty tactics without any comprehensive strategy.

Trump NEVER plans. If he's hungry he eats, if he's tired he sleeps. Who needs a plan when you have a method: monkey see, monkey do?

I disagree that Rachel Brand will fire Mueller. Despite her right wing partisan bent, she would commit career suicide by aiding and abetting obstruction of justice now that strong evidence of criminal wrongdoing and lying to FBI by multiple Trump staffers has been uncovered. The grandstanding yesterday by those extremist Repub committee members who themselves as a group have very low public approval appears to be desperate grasping at straws in last ditch effort to cut down public confidence in Mueller before more indictments are issued against people even closer to Trump. The recent leaks of emails proving contacts and collusion and lying to the public and government officials by Trump gang is too damning to put a lid on and coverup.

Last I heard, even before the indictments came down, Comey's friend Ben Wittes expressed confidence that Rachel Brand will not fire Mueller.

or even Trump himself, that they're most determined to protect. I suspect that they know, or are starting to guess, how deep and pervasive the rot is. Protecting "dirty" members of the House and Senate, and possibly some of the dodgy judges they've been rushing into office, seems like an even stronger motive.

Not that they're mutually exclusive, of course....

That's simply not happening. Other than Breitbart, where attention and clicks are waning (especially since the russian bots are no longer randomly clicking on stories) and Faux, these "HRC Investigation" stories are not gathering steam on other major RW media.

Local and state wide papers with a conservative bent are barely paying attention. The attention is not filtering up to the balanced media.

Congress got told yesterday there is no justification for such investigations and DoJ would not be pursuing one.

So, if the author is correct, the "plan" has already stalled at phase 2.

Which makes the premise even sillier, but they're getting back into a corner, so eating their own is certainly possible. Right?

Mueller continuing his investigation is probably less of a threat to Trump's hold on power than firing him would be.
Removing Trump is most likely going to be a political process, not a legal one. Mueller might get Kushner, Jr, and some others, but he is unlikely to get Trump or Pence. They would have to be impeached or made to resign, and Mueller has little to do with that.

Don’t for one second think that the idea hasn’t crossed their minds.