Bharara is a former staff aide to Sen Charles Schumer of NY and is a Schumer creature.  Of course Trump was going to get rid of him. Anybody who thinks otherwise is just grandstanding. The President is the Chief Law Enforcement of the US and has every constitutional right to have his own US Attorneys in place. Mr Bharara's tenure as US Attorney for the Southern District of NY was noted for his grandstanding and preening for the cameras to further his political ambitions. Given the political bias of this newspaper it is no wonder that it did not mention Mr. Bharara's actions in the Reason case where he tried to use the courts to silence his critics and do a favor for a judge before whom he had many cases.