“That is the kind of drama that Donald Trump loves to stage,” Fisher said. “And when he was doing ‘The Apprentice’ and when he was appearing on ‘The Howard Stern Show,’ … all of these previous chapters of his showbiz career, he was thinking of ways to heighten the drama. And so these firings are very much a part of that. It’s the idea that he’s showing who’s boss.”

We interview Kathryn Dunn Tenpas of the Brookings Institution, who has compiled extensive data on how Trump’s turnover rate within his administration compares to previous presidents’.

“The level of Trump turnover on what I call the ‘A-team’ on the most senior level of staff … it’s not just high, it’s extraordinarily high,” Tenpas said.