> Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak

And was specifically asked to stay on by Trump.

> betrayed the Department of Justice

The oath she took was to uphold the Constitution. Her loyalty should not be to the DOJ or the POTUS. By characterizing this as a betrayal of an institution or administration completely ignores Constitutional fundamentals.

DT fires her for not obeying his whim; that is his prerogative. She was making a major statement with full understanding of the consequences and got what she wanted. She seems principled. The first major official to simply tell him to fuck off. DT seems (understandably) vindictive and unconcerned about the Constitution. Assuming he thought this through, that his his basic message.

I do not see that he had any alternative to immediately firing her. I also shows that he did not get buy in from his AG to the extent she went incredibly public with her displeasure. That is a weak administration. IMO

I am not sure if the completely foreseeable consequences of the EO were unanticipated or were intentional. Either scenario is really shitty.