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If you鈥檙e the boss, you can fire people. Donald Trump, the businessman, built a company 鈥� and a TV show 鈥� on the premise. Mr. Trump, as president, has followed a similar model. He fired the FBI director for allegedly conducting a 鈥渨itch hunt鈥� into collusion between Trump campaign officials and the Russians to influence the US election.聽Conservative media pundits now say Trump should fire special counsel Robert Mueller, too.

It鈥檚 plausible that Trump is mulling the idea. The president seems to enjoy going on the offensive.

But running a country, with democratic checks and balances, is not quite the same as running a business. If Trump fired Mr. Mueller, Congress could turn around and 鈥渞ehire鈥� Mueller. On Tuesday, we watched as US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was grilled about his contacts with Russia. But all of this may be a sideshow to the central question we keep asking at the Monitor: What鈥檚 the best way to protect American democracy? Bloomberg says 鈥� twice as many as previously reported.

A good CEO doesn鈥檛 just fire, he also brings in top managers: Has Trump hired the best talent to deal with Russian attacks?

As James Comey told a Senate Intelligence Committee last week: 鈥淭hey鈥檙e coming after America.... They will be back.鈥�