Unsurprisingly, President Trump has already fallen back on his go-to method – firing the people who don’t agree with him.

His acting attorney general who previously worked for the Obama administration, Sally Yates, refused to have Justice Department lawyers defend his controversial travel ban. Yates announced that she wasn’t sure the order was lawful, and therefore, she stood behind what she thought was the right thing to do. Because she did not support the executive order, he chose to fire the nation’s top law enforcement officer. It seems that President Trump is as incapable of handling criticism and opposition as he was during the campaign.

Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, went after her on Trump’s behalf. He insisted that the refusal of immigrants and vetting was not too extreme, even though many disagree. He called Yates weak on many issues, and he said it “is time to get serious about protecting our country.”

… Except that is exactly what Yates was trying to do. As Attorney General, her job is remain loyal to the law, not to whoever is sitting in the White House. If she were to bend to the presidents every whim, rather than behave justly and rightly, it would be a very dangerous situation. The current administration doesn’t seem to understand this; many people are convinced that if you don’t support Trump and his every action, you must hate America. This is not true. One huge benefit of our government is that you don’t have to agree with it in order to participate and contribute to it.