[Alberta's Child]

Sessions has already said he isn’t going to resign. That tells me the whole charade was staged for a reason that may not be clear. Yet.

[proust]

Agreed. You can take Trump out of pro-wrestling..

[blam]

"Sessions has already said he isn’t going to resign. That tells me the whole charade was staged for a reason that may not be clear. Yet."

I thought of that too....and, hope you are correct. We'll see.
(I don't know why Sessions is not upset.)

[headstamp 2]

[In an ill-timed, ill-focused interview with the NYT, President Trump revisited his disdain for Sessions,]

Disdain?

Really, Chris?

What BS.

[Husker24]

Can Trump fire him?

[avenir]

“That tells me the whole charade was staged for a reason that may not be clear. Yet.”

If true, half of FReepers get it, the other half....their hair-triggers are working just fine!

[Southnsoul]

I hope you’re right, because so far, Jeff Sessions can’t seem to even fire an Obama holdover, who is under a cloud of his own questionable activities.

[alloysteel]

Behind the scenes, Trump and Sessions came to a “meeting of the minds”. While it is never pleasant to be the object of The Donald’s wrath, once the air is cleared, the negotiations continue and the command structure remain in place.

Jeff Sessions is once more out before TV camerias and is demonstrating he is the public face of the Department of Justice.

[The Numbers]

“Sessions has already said he isn’t going to resign. That tells me the whole charade was staged for a reason that may not be clear. Yet.”

Can’t say I’d agree. Right now, anyone working with the AG’s office will be looking at Sessions like he’s a dead man walking. No-one will put effort or resources into working with a guy they think is likely to be out of the job soon, they’ll wait for his replacement. So Sessions job as AG just got an awful lot harder.

That’s a very clear downside and no clear upside to make it worthwhile. If the plan is media distraction, President Trump has shown he’s plenty capable of sending the media chasing their tails without having to attack people in his own administration. Plenty of other targets without such a downside.

To me this is as it appears - President Trump just spoke honestly about his disappointment that Sessions recused himself without so much as a word of notice beforehand.

I’d be more inclined to look at whether Sessions has personal interest in continuing to hold the AG post that might outweigh his willingness to resign. He may not have been prepared for the timing of the President’s remarks and has his own agenda that he wants to see through before resigning.

[semantic]

Well, if one were observant and situationally aware of the very environment in which this operation is being conducted, they would notice some obvious tells that might indicate that Trump indeed is playing 4D.

I refer, of course, to the flood of posters criticizing Sessions. Who are these people? Have you seen any/many of them post before? Why are they so consistent in their tone and style of attack.

I pinged SkyPilot, because he's someone I recognize with a history of posting. So, even though he's highly critical of Sessions, he seems to be the exception that proves the rule. Who is everyone else? Might this be yet another NeverTrump psyop being conducted from within the bowels of Salem communications?

We've seen the pattern play out many times before. Regardless of the specific issue at hand, they seem to flood certain controversial threads with highly consistent, well honed arguments & attacks. I don't have an issue with that - ideas are to be attacked & defended in a pubic forum for proper vetting. I do, however, become suspicious when it appears highly organized and focused primarily on separating Trump from his core group of supporters.