“The kind of team decision well led and well managed teams get together and make when a critical question is being kicked around in the media for more than a month.”
Bullshit. No one was thinking “recusal”, because unlike Sessions they were men not Democrat ‘Al Frankin’ butt kissers.
Half the Democrats in DC and many Republicans were "thinking recusal", and blaring it all over the media, before, during and after Sessions' confirmation hearings all the way to March 2 when he announced his recusal, for more than a month.
If that wasn't enough to tip someone off in the WH that a team decision was needed, then nothing will tip them off.