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Why. why would he refuse to leave if president trump fired him? >> because you think the president doesn't have the authority? is that why you would not leave? >> i have -- i have kind of said what i've intended to say on the subject. and what i've said is that the law clearly gives me a four-year term and i fully intend to serve it. >> now to be clear the law says trump canned can't fire powell without cause. the president, know, begs to differ. >> i have the right to demote him. i have the right to -- i have the right to fire him. >> all right. just to be clear, president trump hired powell....