Here is Trump speaking bluntly and honestly:
“Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else.”
I’m familiar with the quote. We just disagree on why he said it.
You say he’s being honest and straightforward. I say he designed that statement to feign weakness - to reinforce the narrative that he is on the ropes, betrayed by his own cabinet, surrounded by the deep state, frustrated and ineffectual.
Trump knows, as does any mediocre poker player, that it is advantageous to have your adversary believe you are weak, to hide your strengths, to appear disorganized, frustrated and desperate.
It’s the oldest trick in the book - surprised you don’t see it.
Maybe some day Trump will write his memoirs and we’ll get this question resolved one way or the other. Meanwhile, we’re both just guessing.
I’m guessing Trump has known exactly what he was doing all along. You’re guessing that one of his his earliest executive decisions (appointing Sessions) was a fatal mistake that will cause his doom.
I sure like my odds!