Cd. Mueller certainly had not been silent prior to the dismissal meeting, so the pope did not need to ask him these putative questions, as the pope knew quite well the publicly-stated positions on women's ordination to the diaconate and priesthood, the repeal of celibacy, and the exhortation on the family "Amoris Laetitia" by Cd. Mueller. I am sure the pope had already decided to replace Cd. Mueller prior to their meeting, based on the 5-year term policy.