President Trump does nothing to make a strong case for himself and his administration when he conducts an interview and makes a statement like this to a newspaper that he has so thoroughly belittled as a “fake news” outlet for months.
Donald J. Trump has always spoken bluntly. It's a central facet of his character, one which has served him well throughout his life.
He's about as candid and direct a person as you will ever meet, and I don't fault him for being brutally honest in saying this about Jess Sessions. I have no doubt it's exactly how he feels.
I'm not sure what the President's strategy is in saying this, or if Jeff Sessions knew these comments were coming, but it's a testimony to Donald Trump's supreme self-confidence in what he's doing and what he believes in.
It's astounding candor, but I don't think he was speaking thoughtlessly. This is something many people still don't realize about him. Many shockingly blunt things that Donald Trump says are nonetheless well-considered, and intended for a specific purpose. That fact should not be flippantly disregarded.
Trump is a good man with great ideas, and an inability to restrain himself from saying thing that will negate all he is trying to accomplish.
I don’t understand him giving interviews to these propaganda outlets either and yet he’s puzzling himself in refusing to fire those hostile to him and undermining him that this isn’t all about Jeff Sessions.