That is a puzzler. Two days before the primary suggest Trump's not joking. To be a fly on the wall...
Q3344
(Q replying to anon question "what about the Comey report?")
Moves & countermoves.
Misdirection sometimes creates one person to turn on
another (publicly). [C]oming soon.
Q
It’s a binary choice, either Trump honestly does not want Sessions back in the Senate or this is a ruse. Some Trump supporters are unhappy thinking it is true, because they view Sessions as a solid Trump vote.
So we must ask ourselves: Why would he not want Sessions back in the Senate if that were true?
Logically, the most parsimonious answer is that Trump has reason to suspect this isn’t the case. None of us know what truly is going on inside Sessions head or what his motivations are, we are simply ascribing positive motives because of his past record and reputation, which is a natural human thing to do. We extrapolate from the past to predict the future.
But what if something snapped and Sessions only wants back in the Senate so he can join forces with Romney and the others to get revenge on Trump for perceived wrongs done to him? This is pure speculation on my part but when you consider this possibility it removes all doubt as to Trump’s comments.
If true and if Sessions wins, we will definitely find out after he takes office (assuming Trump is re-elected too) based on how he votes. If it’s false we’ll never know because Sessions will just go back into retirement and fade away.
This is one explanation for why Trump might mean literally what he says. I’d like to hear equally logical theories to support the “ruse” theory.