There’s an old joke that scientists went from lab rats to lawyers because you don’t get that attached to lawyers. President Donald Trump has shown the same tendency to avoid becoming attached to private or government lawyers. Attorney General Pam Bondi is just the latest in a long line of lawyers fired by a president made famous with the slogan “You’re fired.”
There is no evidence of bad blood between President Trump and Bondi. The attorney general has been attacked for her loyalty to the president and has stood by his side at some of the most precarious moments, from impeachment to criminal defense. As his “students” learned, this is not personal. It’s business.
Jeff Sessions. Rex Tillerson. Bill Barr. Mark Esper. Kristi Noem. Trump’s Cabinet picks are known more for their shelving than their storage.
Being a cabinet member in a Trump administration is about as safe as being a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
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Trump has always seen resignations as a way to achieve higher levels of performance.
There’s a reason why Trump wanted to take action now by exchanging attorneys general. There are increasing predictions that Republicans will lose the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate.
Democrats are running behind promises to unleash a new wave of investigations and impeachment proceedings, attacking not just President Trump but anyone who supports him.
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Figures like Susan Rice, top policy adviser to both Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, have vowed “revenge” against all those who pushed Democrats from power and warned that “it won’t end well for them.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies during the House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Oversight of the US Department of Justice” at the Rayburn Building on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., promised that once they regain power, they will throw Trump people in jail when they retake Congress.
Democratic strategist James Carville previously threatened that “collaborators” would be treated the same way they were treated after World War II.
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Trump’s ability to secure the confirmation of a successor will become much more challenging as he approaches the midterm elections.
Trump must decide who will be the best hand on the wheel in the choppy waters ahead.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has the reputation Trump values. An experienced trial lawyer and former prosecutor, Blanche is neither flashy nor gregarious. He’s a deadly litigator who can gouge you like a trout without breaking a sweat. He stood by the president’s side both inside and outside the courtroom. While he will be a lightning rod for Democrats who have attacked him for his role in releasing the Epstein files, his steadfastness in dealing with a hostile media likely appealed to the president.
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Blanche provides a seamless transition for the department. He literally only has to walk down the hall to take the reins of Bondi.
Todd Blanche served as deputy attorney general to Pam Bondi before she was fired by President Trump on Wednesday. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Another name reportedly being considered is EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who would likely be the easiest to confirm and most popular with members of Congress. Zeldin transformed the EPA in a short time, including removing barriers to increasing energy production. Zeldin, almost elected governor of New York, has great appeal in Washington as someone who cut his teeth in this city.
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Other candidates include attorneys general, as well as wildcards such as U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a former judge with a tough reputation in Washington, DC. It’s a deep bench.
There will be no shortage of applicants for the position. The attorney general’s office in the Trump administration has everything one could want in Washington. Everything, except job security.
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