Summary: President Trump decided to fire the FBI director heading an investigation into the President's campaign and its potential connections to Russia. Historians and political pundits instantly invoked the Saturday Night Massacre, when Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who was investigating the Watergate break-in scandal, and the attorney general and his deputy resigned rather than follow orders. If any recordings exist, their content and the manner in which the White House handles congressional demands to review them will have a much bigger impact than their mere existence.
Analysis: This article was written on May 15, 2017 by Julian Zelizer. Julian Zelizer is a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst, is the author of "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society." He's co-host of the "Politics & Polls" podcast. Prior to reading the article, I did not know about the events within the white house. The article is quite biased with a more negative connotation upon Trump. The opinions in the article are expressed as his own and prove to make the audience aware of Trump's administration and how he's going about in his presidency.
Synthesis: This article is directly connected to the Watergate Scandal of 1973. When White House aide Alexander Butterfield revealed to the Senate Watergate Committee in July 1973 that President Nixon had been recording conversations, it caused a major political outbreak.
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/opinions/tapes-trouble-trump-opinion-zelizer/
His actions also synthesize to the actions of Andrew Johnson who fired a secretary because they were not being loyal.
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