The last time Donald Trump fired an important official prior to an important foreign visit was when Steve Bannon was fired from his position on the  National Security Council the day before a Chinese delegation led by President Xi was to meet with Trump. It was also incidentally a day prior to Trump's infamous 6 April 2017 attack on Syria.

Steve Bannon was known to favour Russian reconciliation, particularly over Syria cooperation. He was also a leader of the anti-Chinese camp, especially in the aftermath of Mike Flynn's resignation. The dots were not difficult to connect.

Now, within hours of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holding talks with US Secretary of State Tillerson and apparently Donald Trump in Washington, FBI Director James Comey has been fired.

Donald Trump is quoted in an official statement as saying,

"The FBI is one of our Nation's most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement".

The liberal mainstream media are all ready saying that this is a 'gift of Russia' as if Trump will hand over Comey's firing notice to Mr. Lavrov on a silver plate, not that Russia particularly cares. Russia does not.