Pam Bondi saw writing on the wall but hoped for a 'graceful exit': NYT

Newly fired Attorney General Pam Bondi lavished excessive, cartoonish praise on Donald Trump. It didn't matter. He fired her via social media post anyway, blindsiding the attorney general who had bent over backward to prove her loyalty.

According to the New York Times, Bondi saw the writing on the wall last month when Trump abruptly fired Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary. She confided to friends that she might be next. But she never expected Trump to act quite so quickly or ruthlessly.