Sorry Will88, if you really want to press it, I am not so sure it was groundless...You are going back to November following the election. However Trump may very well have changed his mind...
From June 2017: His own tweets...
Let me clarify, I had just hoped maybe Sessions was doing something effective behind the scenes. According to you, he is doing what he is doing...I will add border to list; however, I am not sure how much of that is rightfully credited to him directly.
The fact that the State Department and DOD are a mess does not take away from the fact that Sessions recusal put Trump in this pickle...for that I will never support Sessions.
My question to you is why are you such an ardent Sessions supporter given what he did to President Trump?
My question to you is why are you such an ardent Sessions supporter given what he did to President Trump?
I'm an ardent Trump supporter, one of the earliest and most ardent at FR. But Trump is a salesman and a promoter, not a true executive or manager. There are large problems in the WH that are preventing many things from going as well as they could. He is surrounded by far too many people who do not support the issues that won the election. And why is that? Who selected, or recommended those people?
And Sessions didn't do anything to Trump. The question of whether Sessions would/should recuse himself has been around since at least January, before Sessions' confirmation hearings.
From January 24, 2017
Editorial: Sessions should recuse himself from investigations into the election
From February 24, 2017
Issa: Sessions should recuse himself from any Russia probes
There is a February 27th Bloomberg article where Sessions says: He'll recuse himself from Russia probe if needed. Not sure I can post that.
Sessions was confirmed on February 8 and he recused himself on March 2. There was more than a full month when the question of recusal was in the news daily. So, why didn't someone in the WH notice that and call a meeting with those involved and make a team decision during the many weeks they had to consider the question?
That was a failing for Trump, Sessions, Preibus, the WH counsel and other top advisors who have any responsibility for planning and shaping strategy. We see frequent cases of departments doing things not consistent with Trump's agenda and there is simply a failure in the WH to plan and strategize all too often. This failure is owned by several.