I have sometimes been a little slow on the up-take of certain nuances in life.
Even I cringe at what they are doing to Sessions. I am not sure that public humiliation is always the right course.
Especially when you need the Senate for confirmation of appointments. There’s a point where one’s enemies start talking and the longer they talk the more likely they are to start coordinating. Trump’s advantage is that the Senate is composed of 100 egomaniacs, coordination will be difficult. But not impossible.
Removing Sessions would not be Trump’s best move, especially if he replaces him with Giuliani. While that would undoubtedly make Trump more comfortable, there’s an awful lot of New York showing up. As long as the productivity level increases, he’ll be all right, but people who do government for a living are incapable of making a living via market-based activities. The only way they can make it is to insert themselves into other people’s lives and demand a cut. Back them into a corner and they go passive-aggressive on you, and you will at least have to divert time and resources to deal with them.
I don’t either, but neither did I like Sessions way of handling the issue. When someone selects you for a job you owe them loyalty. If you can’t give it, you should resign. I think Sessions is a very ethical person, but his performance seems to be very disloyal to Trump.
Why would anyone else even consider taking this job?
And what if Trump now has the intercepts reported by the news that shows Sessions really did talk with the Russian ambassador about the campaign, as reported last week?
He could have ordered them brought to him.
Agreed. Trump refused to accept Sessions resignation. If he is unhappy with Sessions he could fire him but for some reason refuses to do so. It seems he prefers to complain and tweet about it than do something about it.
Jeff Sessions is a fine man, a real Senate gentleman. But we don’t need a fine, ethics-trumps-all southern gentleman as head of the DOJ.
The Obamanites have been trampling upon the rule of law an the US Constitution for eight long years.
We need an ambitious, ruthless, hard-ass, nut-cutting SOB.
Sessions can go be a gentleman somewhere else.
I have been cringing, too. Do not understand this. Totally unnecessary. Why ruin the man?
UNLESS this is some sort of trick, I think this should be done quietly. Am I missing something?
It isn’t. It looks like the White House is being run by spoiled tweens.