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POTUS doesn’t understand what independent oversight means.

Provided all the comms are retained, there will be a hot washup later. Many lessons should be learned across the social spectrum. Distance everything, preparedness, economics etc. It will hopefully be examined and a strategy formed. If it's political, which is a near-given these days, then they should just run it through a super computer and proceed like they do for nuclear detonations and similar. I'd hate to be the guys programming and writing the algorithms, because of the $ impact of implementing changes to existing way of life to certain industries (Auto, Oil, Insurance). The bandwidth vs commuting cost/benefit might be revealing. Potential cash for efficient/mass transit - surplus for infrastructure (Jobs). Will require nimble management to shift product lines to survive. They at least have a previous model (pre-covid) to compare to current.

He doesn't need to defend the firing.
As a member if the Executive Branch, he serves at the pleasure of the President.
The President was not pleased.