https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-sessions-russia.html
'But Mr. Trump left little doubt during the interview that the Russia investigation remained a sore point. His pique at Mr. Sessions, in particular, seemed fresh even months after the attorney general’s recusal..."
“Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president,” he added. “How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks, Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.’ It’s extremely unfair — and that’s a mild word — to the president.”
Mr. Trump also faulted Mr. Sessions for his testimony during Senate confirmation hearings when Mr. Sessions said he had not had “communications with the Russians” even though he had met at least twice with Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak. “Jeff Sessions gave some bad answers,” the president said. “He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they weren’t.”'
I am surprised (like everyone) by Trump saying he wouldn't have hired Sessions. Mind you, he's saying this on the "failing New York Times" no less.
To paraphrase the Donald: "What the hell is going on?"
There's a lot of questions & few answers: What does it mean for Sessions & for the rest of the Trump loyalists? Will Sessions resign? Does the fact Trump is calling out Sessions in the hated-by-the-right-wing-#fakeNews-NYTimes make a difference?
If you have a boss and your boss publicly said he wouldn't have hired you. & in addition, your boss accused you of giving "some bad answers" during a testimony: would you resign?
Despite being criticized by Trump in the paper of record, I still think Sessions won't resign. Because Sessions has a very powerful position from where he's enacting his right-wing agenda, and I bet Sessions thinks he can outlast Trump if he plays his cards right. But we'll see; the next few days should be interesting.
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