Trump continues to attack his own AG, Sessions, this time via Twitter

[ProudModerate2]

Schumer speaks on the Senate floor about trump's attacking Tweets on Sessions.
Summary below, or video here : https://t.co/Zq05R8aay9

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[ProudModerate2]

Schumer on the Senate floor, also said this ...

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[Middle-aged Europe]

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https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/889805929562210304

(Painter is a Republican who had served as chief White House ethics lawyer in the Bush 43 administration.)

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

  One irony about all this is that if in fact he fires Sessions or forces him out in some other way, that  means that the whole Russia collusion thing has claimed an actual political victim, and that Trump would now be playing into the hands of his "deep state" enemies.  If they can manipulate Trump into firing his most loyal cabinet member, what can't they do to him?

Call me crazy, but I don't think this has anything to do with Russia. Trump has a habit of doing things and then giving a reason for it that has nothing to do with the actual reason (such as when he cited the Rosenstein memo for firing Comey) Sessions recused himself months ago; why now?

I notice this decision comes days after Sessions' announcement on asset forfeiture. I remember thinking at the time, wow, this is the most unpopular thing the Trump administration has ever done. Some people are going to feel real, raw hate over this decision. I think Trump, with his good instincts, realized as much and has managed to fizzle the hate by skewering Sessions. Since the decision was bound to generate strong raw emotions, it was important that Trump deeply humiliate Sessions to mirror peoples' emotions. He's again getting Democrats and liberals to side with evil (in this case, Sessions) and putting himself on the 'left' (anti-Sessions) side. So even if his next AG continues the asset forfeiture program, they won't be associated with starting it. The raw feeling of anger will be gone. Trump is a very shrewd man who has been playing us all for fools, I fear.

Trump's instincts appear to be a very immediate sort of thing. He can pick a lane and keep speeding down it, sure. But I'm skeptical he or his administration is capable of the kind of planning you describe, or that they would see the asset forfeiture issue as a problem.

I find it quite plausible that Trump has it in for Sessions for reasons that are only indirectly related to Russia or even completely unrelated to Russia, but not as part of some political scheme. (Except maybe in his own head.) Look at the man's history. Remember Trump's Razor. If he's gunning for Sessions, it's for some petty, egotistical, schoolyard-bully reason. Maybe Sessions didn't return a 4am text from Trump. Maybe he made the mistake as ordering the same dessert as the Orange Outrage.

Or maybe it's the obvious: Trump is a crook, and Sessions has gone all Thomas Becket. Either way,
that Trump is secretly running some sort of Xanatos Gambit is NOT something I lose sleep over at night.
 

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

I'm actually beginning to feel bad for Sessions...

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

This interview is wild, honestly

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wont-say-if-he-will-fire-attorney-general-sessions-1501010025

[Santander]

Loyalty was one of the things I admired about Trump...

[ProudModerate2]

This interview is wild, honestly

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wont-say-if-he-will-fire-attorney-general-sessions-1501010025

loool

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trump cant see outside of his own world, so he projects his lunatic ways to life, onto others.
"Big crowds" is everything to trump, so he thinks that is the same for everyone else on the planet.
He is such a narcissistic and clownish idiot.

[ProudModerate2]

If everyone else is saying that it was proper for Sessions to recuse himself from all related Russia matters, why is the president Orange Clown so adamant that Sessions' decision was so wrong ?

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[Pragmatic Conservative]

Sessions no plans to resign

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeff-sessions-plans-resign-spoken-trump-days-source/story?id=48831375

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[Dr. Arch]

Sessions no plans to resign

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeff-sessions-plans-resign-spoken-trump-days-source/story?id=48831375

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Juicy

[Middle-aged Europe]

Another day, another attack by the president on his attorney general.

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890207082926022656

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890208319566229504

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I guess he forgot it's a Sewer now?

[ProudModerate2]

CNN video.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tells CNN's Manu Raju that President Trump is displaying weakness by attacking Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Watch video here: http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/07/26/lindsey-graham-trump-weakness-attacking-sessions-sot-nr.cnn

[SoLongAtlas]

WaPo posted an article saying he's looking a potential recess appointment but the staffer said that they hope Sessions resigns to spend more time with family. So much Mafia style stuff here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-talks-privately-about-the-idea-of-a-recess-appointment-to-replace-sessions/2017/07/26/2a347d32-723c-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html

[Sir Mohamed]

Another day, another attack by the president on his attorney general.

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890207082926022656

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890208319566229504

Wait a minute... the AG has the power to remove the FBI Director or appoint a new one? Interesting. Who fired Comey? I can't remember. The reports that Trump fired him are probably fake. This must have been Sessions... right, Mr. President?

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