Posted on 07/29/2017 8:30:55 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
There is no question that the President is both frustrated with and very fond of his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions. President Trump was caught off-guard by Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Democrat/Media-generated Russia Collusion fantasy play, and has stewed about that decision ever since. At the same time, though, Sessions was and remains one of the President’s earliest and most loyal supporters, and the two obviously like one another.
But the President definitely wants to move Sessions out of Justice, so that he can appoint a new A/G who can exert some semblance of control over the ever-expanding, obvious witch hunt that Special Counsel Bob Mueller is running. Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, the lifetime swamp creature who appointed Mueller, has steadfastly refused to exercise any oversight whatsoever.
But Trump has been warned by squish GOP senators Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham that the senate would never confirm a new AG nominee if Sessions is fired. Both senators also made it clear they would never allow the President to make a recess appointment for the AG post.
So what does any of that have to do with the “resignation” by Reince Priebus and his replacement with DHS Secretary Kelly? Well, consider the following possible steps available to the President now:
- Because Sessions has already been confirmed by the Senate for a cabinet post, those squish senators would have no ability whatsoever to interfere if Mr. Trump wanted to replace Kelly at DHS by moving Sessions into that job;
- Because EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has already been confirmed by the Senate for his position, those squish senators would have no ability whatsoever to interfere if Mr. Trump decided to move the former Attorney General of Oklahoma into the Attorney General slot;
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“But Trump has been warned by squish GOP senators Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham...”
Sounds more like a threat.
And now that we know democrats colluded with Russia against Trump, he can call for an end to the Mueller investigation.
Whether or not Mueller should be fired, Trump has every right to an AG who doesn’t need to recuse himself.
Sounds more like a gay cocktail party.
Trump trashes Sessions
Sessions stays quiet
Infuriated GOP Senators rush to defend Sessions
Sessions opens investigations into Uniparty crimes
GOP Senators trapped.
4D Chess
Yep, Trump can move them around playing musical cabinet.
I started to look yesterday to see who else had a legal persecutor background already confirmed...Scott Pruitt as the article notes. Buh bye Mueller.
Pretty good moves Tx
OK we need to add 3D and 4D chess to our banned for five years from the language list. Would Sessions have to go along? It’s a great idea but I would hate to lose Pruitt at the EPA there must be someone else.
Can the ‘squish senators’ be squashed?
Rick Perry would be a total badass at EPA. Trust me.
I barely understand 2-D chess. 4-D makes my head hurt.
I think it might be better said, “President Trump has a bigger game in mind than those who oppose him can comprehend”.
When you go to war, you want warriors alongside you, not pussycats.
As Leo Durocher put it, “Nice guys finish last.”
If ever I have seen a humorless-looking, hatchet-faced person in search of a victim, it has to be Mueller.
Squish senators.
Very good description. There’s a lot more than you named.
The author seems to be under the impression that no confirmation is necessary if he moves from one job to another. That is not true.
The problem with all these 3-D chess comparisons is that voters don’t vote on any understanding that deep. There is such a thing as being ‘too smart by half’.
Might as well searech for an upsidasium mine.
“they would never allow the President to make a recess appointment for the AG post.
Who do hell they think they are? POTUS has every right to make a Recess appointment. That said, he should fire Rosenstein he’s the one that put Comey’s BFF Mueller in there with a blank check and no limits. A total set up.
Isn’t it much more fun to try to figure out what President Trump is up to, than to try to tell him what to do?
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