https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/06/make-trump-look-bad-youll-get-fired/ Make Trump look bad? You’ll get fired. The Post’s David Ignatius interviewed Modly over the weekend, and what becomes clear is that while Modly wasn’t explicitly ordered by President Trump to fire Crozier, he was doing exactly what he knew Trump wanted. In the same way, when a mob boss says, “Rocco is becoming a problem,” his underlings know what to do without the boss saying, “I am instructing you to rub out Rocco.” Here’s part of Ignatius’s account: Modly said he “had no discussions with anyone at the White House prior to making the decision” to relieve Crozier. Referring to his boss, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, he said: “That is Secretary Esper’s job, not mine.” Navy sources had said Modly told a colleague that Trump “wants him [Crozier] fired,” and though Modly denied getting any direct message to that effect, he clearly understood that Trump was unhappy with the uproar surrounding the Roosevelt.