Lame duck activity

His aides and other Republicans want him to focus on securing some of his nasty policies.  But here's what he's focused on.

Trump’s plans for the next several weeks include firing Cabinet officials who have irked him or refused to follow his lead on investigations. He kicked off the axings Monday by tweet-firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper. In the coming weeks, Trump may also fire CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher Wray. Haspel was spotted in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office on Tuesday afternoon.

  Politico

Because revenge is more important than anything.

Pompeo, on the other hand, is furiously busy.

Whether or not Pompeo believes he has more time in office, he’s governing like he’s in a hurry. On Tuesday came yet another round of sanctions on Iran-tied “procurement networks.” He approved a massive $23 billion arms sale to the UAE— the apparent cost of Abu Dhabi’s recognition of Israel— that includes the advanced F-35 jet fighter and 18 weapons-capable Reaper drones. To little fanfare, Pompeo gave the department’s counterterrorism chief, Nathan Sales, the task of coordinating the global coalition against the so-called Islamic State, and made Joel Rayburn the special envoy for Syria, after announcing Amb. Jim Jeffrey’s retirement from both roles on Monday.

All that has sparked speculation and fear that a last-minute confrontation with Iran may be in the offing—particularly considering the ongoing fallout from a stunning week at the Pentagon that the department has yet to explain.

There is uncertainty over what exactly Patel, Cohen-Watnick, and the new policy chief, Anthony Tata, have been directed to do at the Pentagon. Theories run the gamut from retribution against officials perceived to be disloyal to Trump, to blocking the flow of intelligence to an inevitable Biden transition, to selectively leaking the GOP information perceived to be damaging to Biden or Obama.

  Daily Beast

.....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.