The NY Times came out with a big story last night claiming that President Trump wanted to fire Special Counsel Robert Muller and in fact ordered it to happen. 

But then, Trump backed off from the order when the White House Counsel threatened to quit.

This was not the story Trump supporters and especially his lapdog Sean Hannity did not want to read.  

Hannity opened his show downplaying the Times story and saying that his sources said it was not true. 

Then, Fox News Reporter Ed Henry confirmed the Times story and at that point, Hannity had to do a complete 180. 

This is how the lapdog tried to handle it and it is classic: