That’s true. He was direct and straightforward about explaining to Lester Holt that he fired Comey because of the Russian collusion investigation, which Trump has always maintained is illegitimate. Actually I respect Trump for that even though the statement had a great deal to do with the appointment of Mueller. Had he dissembled and referred to the Rosenstein memo there very possibly would have been no appointment of Mueller. You can say he was stupid or that he chose not to take the coward’s way out.