James Comey's betrayal enraged Trump, who ordered the removal of all the FBI director's duties.
In the U.S., Los Angeles TV news has a spectacular segment where reporters in helicopters follow police cars chasing criminals from the air, live-broadcasting the tense and exciting car chases.
But on May 9th that day, the Los Angeles TV station's helicopter followed along the highway, live-tracking the U.S.'s top cop—the FBI Director Comey's car.
Comey learned on TV that day that he'd been fired by President Trump.
At the time, he was giving a speech to FBI staff in Los Angeles when suddenly the TV screen in the conference room showed news of him being fired by the president.
Unaware beforehand, Comey thought it was someone's prank, until his aide confirmed the news's authenticity.
He then got in a car to the airport, preparing to return to Washington.
At this point, TV stations rushing to interview dispatched helicopters, tracking along the highway for live coverage.
At the time, Martin was also excitedly watching this live broadcast.
This was still the first time in U.S. politics someone was fired on TV; Trump opened a new chapter.
This move, Trump learned from his own reality TV show.
Over a decade before becoming president, Trump played the big boss in a reality show called The Apprentice. Each episode had two teams competing in small business tasks like sales and marketing.
The underperforming team had to sit across from boss Trump, reviewing mistakes and mutually accusing each other.
The climax was the stern big boss decisively saying to the worst performer: "You're fired."
Before this reality show, Trump was just a fame-loving real estate developer in New York, who opened casinos in Atlantic City, went bankrupt several times, with a poor business reputation.
Unexpectedly, with The Apprentice's fame, he transformed into a business tycoon in the eyes of millions of TV viewers. Wherever he went, fans shouted at him: "You're fired."
Some parents even complained to the media that after watching The Apprentice, their kids yelled "You're fired!" at nannies all day.
James Comey's sudden firing surprised many, as quite a few saw him as Trump's trusted ally.
During last year's election, Hillary used a private server for official emails, leading to tens of thousands leaking.
The FBI investigated this for a long time, exciting Republicans greatly and frustrating Democrats equally.
If Hillary were prosecuted, her presidential path would end immediately.
Last July, when the FBI finally announced no prosecution, Democrats cheered, thinking Hillary's biggest election obstacle cleared.
Republicans cursed nonstop, convinced Comey succumbed to ruling politicians' pressure.
Unexpectedly, ten days before the final vote, Comey suddenly notified Congress of new emails discovered, needing to reopen the Hillary investigation, leaving the favored Hillary scrambling.
After Hillary lost, she was quite critical of him, seeing him as Trump's lapdog.
Unexpectedly, after Trump became president and protected him after Obama's dismissal order arrived, he suddenly betrayed again.
He began reopening investigations into Trump's "Russia ties" and "Russian election interference."
This bastard probably didn't expect Trump to be so decisive, firing him directly on TV without even a prior warning.
The day after Comey was fired, someone leaked to the media that Comey had recently requested more resources from the Justice Department to fully investigate Russia's election ties, firing Comey was clearly to obstruct the probe.
Trump boldly went on TV himself for an interview, explaining his decision.
Claiming he fired him because Comey used improper methods investigating the "email scandal" last year.
He said he was avenging Hillary.
Hillary was utterly ungrateful, saying she wouldn't take the blame.
Both sides went back and forth, making a huge fuss.
Washington, in the villa.
Hillary asked Clinton: "Just like that?"
Clinton smiled: "Isn't this enough? My initial goal wasn't to bring down that idiot (Trump)—that's basically impossible anyway, since he's only been in office half a year. Comey was our real target. The guy was originally Trump's man; now he's out, I don't believe Trump can find a better replacement."
Hillary unwillingly said: "But we also gave up huge benefits."
To make James Comey betray, Clinton had promised a lot.
Clinton laughed even happier: "Those initial conditions were just verbal promises. Now that Comey's no longer FBI director, why would I fulfill them? If he could withstand Trump's counterattack, I might have given him those benefits—after all, an FBI director is worth buying. But now..."
Clinton shook his head: This Comey was just a greedy, black-hearted idiot—not worth spending much on; scamming him was enough.
But what this Comey leaked—Trump's words during his meeting with the Russian foreign minister—could be utilized.
Soon after came Trump's "leak scandal" eruption.
On May 16, White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster stated in a declaration that reports of President Trump leaking secrets to Russians were "false."
He stated Trump and Lavrov never discussed intelligence sources or methods: "I was at the meeting site; none of that happened."
U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson also denied reports of Trump leaking classified info.
Clearly, Trump was in self-rescue mode.
Then Trump explained on Twitter: "I didn't leak secrets; I was just sharing facts with Russia related to counterterrorism and airline safety. As president, I have absolute authority to do so."
Additionally, he stated: "I was calling on Russia to ramp up strikes against the extremist group 'Islamic State' and terrorism intensity."
Impacted by Trump's scandal storm, the previously steadily rising U.S. stocks suddenly plunged.
Numerous investors fled en masse in panic, U.S. three major indices on Eastern Time May 17 all gap down open, Dow Jones and S&P 500 both setting their largest single-day drops in 8 months, Nasdaq suffering its largest single-day drop in nearly 11 months.
Meanwhile, the fired former FBI Director James Comey also began retaliating against Trump.
He stated that in private talks with Trump, it was mentioned, requiring him to immediately end the investigation into former National Security Advisor Flynn (Michael Flynn).
Flynn was the official previously exposed for phone talks with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. before Trump's inauguration.
Despite White House denials, this news fermented and spread in just two days, spears pointing at Trump abusing power, leaking national secrets, plunging the entire White House into a scandal quagmire, even compared by many to another "Watergate."