But there are rules for managing an organization effectively and this kind of behavior would be damaging to any organization--business, government, or military.
If a man has something to say to another man, he says it to his face, not behind his back...and certainly not in public. Of course, Comey is the notable exception to this rule, but Comey was and is a skunk (no insult intended to actual skunks).
All that said, this is Trump, so who the hell knows what he's up to.;-)
Trump and Sessions have been friends for a long time and probably stay in very close contact. I have a hard time believing that Trump, who has a long history of manipulating the media, isn't just pulling another head fake here.
Absolutely. I agree with you, and as I said, I'm not defending the public attack. It has demonstrably created heartburn for many Trump supporters, many of them good people in the administration. It created heartburn for me, to the extent that if Trump REALLY feels that way, then Trump has lost my trust. Not lost my support, lost my trust. GWB did that (lost my trust) when he nominated Harriet Miers. For me, GWB turned hollow at that moment.
-- All that said, this is Trump, so who the hell knows what he's up to.;-) --
Yep. Maybe in the end this "major anti-Sessions takedown" will be forgiven, maybe celebrated. We are not in conventional times.
I'd bet dollars to donuts the President has said all of this (and more) to Sessions' in private.
I think Trump has just reached the point of complete exasperation with Jeff, and is signalling to everyone that he's about to fire him.
This is politics and it's likely that Sessions has chosen the role of being a political opponent for whatever reason. If that's the truth, then it has to be made public and the narrative established before his firing/resignation. I think Sessions is dragging his feet on Hillary for some stupid reason.