--- description: Trevor Noah warned against jumping to conclusions about reports that President Trump is considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller title: Trevor Noah Says Reports of Trump’s ‘Political Suicide’ Are Premature image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dbb0916f9e4cfca/6988b00c0b72e3425c6ebe62/trevor-noah-on-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Trevor Noah Says Reports of Trump’s ‘Political Suicide’ Are Premature: ‘Donald Trump Don’t Die’  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2017 11:49 AM CUT  Host Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Let's Not Get Crazy” speaks from the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Host Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Let's Not Get Crazy” speaks from the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Comedy Central  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2017 11:49 AM CUT _Daily Show_ host [Trevor Noah](http://time.com/collection-post/4685792/trevor-noah-next-generation-leaders/ "undefined") on Tuesday warned against jumping to conclusions about reports that President Donald Trump is considering [whether to fire](http://time.com/4816190/donald-trump-robert-bob-mueller-russia-special-counsel/ "undefined") special counsel [Robert Mueller](http://time.com/4783504/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-special-counsel-fbi/ "undefined"). “I think at some point we’re going to have to stop saying, ‘Trump is committing political suicide.’ All right? Donald Trump don’t die, people,” Noah said. “Donald Trump is the [_Transformers_ movies](http://time.com/4724411/stephen-colbert-president-donald-trump-transformers-megatron-villain/?iid=sr-link9 "undefined") of politics. No matter how bad it gets, it’s never over. And you think you don’t know anybody who supports them, but you do. You do.” A close friend of Trump said on Monday that the President is [considering firing Mueller](http://time.com/4815826/chris-ruddy-donald-trump-robert-mueller-fire/ "undefined"), a former FBI director who was appointed by the Justice Department last month to lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Some of Trump’s allies have recently begun to [criticize Mueller](http://time.com/4817327/donald-trump-robert-mueller-russia-investigation-political/ "undefined"), whose selection as special counsel initially earned bipartisan praise. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4817752/trevor-noah-donald-trump-political-suicide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4817752/trevor-noah-donald-trump-political-suicide/"},"headline":"Trevor Noah Says Reports of Trump’s ‘Political Suicide’ Are Premature: ‘Donald Trump Don’t Die’","datePublished":"2017-06-14T11:49:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:08:14.750Z","description":"\"Donald Trump don't die, people\"","url":"https://time.com/4817752/trevor-noah-donald-trump-political-suicide/","keywords":["Television","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dbb0916f9e4cfca/6988b00c0b72e3425c6ebe62/trevor-noah-on-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dbb0916f9e4cfca/6988b00c0b72e3425c6ebe62/trevor-noah-on-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comedy Central's \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\"","caption":"Host Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Let's Not Get Crazy” speaks from the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4817752/trevor-noah-donald-trump-political-suicide/","name":"Trevor Noah Says Reports of Trump’s ‘Political Suicide’ Are Premature: ‘Donald Trump Don’t Die’"}}]}] ```