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I cannot buy into the idea that Sessions is as feckless as he often appears to be as A.G. How could this be so, after taking courageous, nearly solitary stands at times in the Senate, for years, over immigration ... after prosecuting KKK in Alabama etc.?

Hence, it is more plausible to me that he is doing exactly what Trump wants, and silently taking the heat for it.

I HOPE this includes building cases against the Clinton/Obama gang, and waiting to time the release of these for when the Mueller thing comes to a head, one way or the other.

Actually, I see a similar strategy (of Trump’s) in terms of the “apparent” forays off the reservation by his top cabinet secretaries, such as Tillerson and even Mattis. Notice that Trump seldom criticizes them for apparently contradicting him.

This appears to me to be a highly sophisticated tactic of political rhetoric bringing COMPLETE CONFUSION TO THE ENEMIES. Then, when Trump feels the sound and fury of debate is in EXACTLY the RIGHT PLACE AND TIME, he finishes the argument with executive action (nomination/E.O./pull the rug from “treaty” etc.)

In combat, these moves would be the process of CREATING AN OPENING ... and then striking. It is a matter of “instinct, not planning, at least not in the sense of planning a specific combination. This is something I am positive Trump learned in business. It is why he is WINNING EVERY TIME against career government types. HE KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT, and there is MUCH MORE TO IT than the shots that meet the eye.

Not to belabor the point, but I’m on a roll: Many of those apparent shots (like the Tweets) are NOT intended to be the winning strikes, or even necessarily to harm the opponent. Often their purpose is to CREATE THE REAL OPENING.

Incidentally, letting the Leftist media think Bannon and Gorka were leaving the field of battle was another effecttive deception. In fact, it is clear they are more effective than ever now as spokesmen for the “Real” Trump, where he doesn’t then have to answer for all their statements until it fits his exact generalship/timing of the war.

Incidentally, letting the Leftist media think Bannon and Gorka were leaving the field of battle was another effective deception. In fact, it is clear they are more effective than ever now as spokesmen for the “Real” Trump, where he doesn’t then have to answer for all their statements until it fits his exact generalship/timing of the war.

That's my thinking as well. Bannon is now developing a slate of candidates to "primary" unhelpful Republicans next year. I do not think this could have happened if Bannon was still in the White House. I think Trump is secretly on board with what Bannon is doing but now he can "distance" himself from Bannon and continue to work with the Republicans in place in the meantime under the pretext that Bannon has "gone off the reservation" and doesn't support his views.

It's a nice touch that Trump has offered to reach out to Bannon and get him to back off on his crusade to take out Republican incumbents. I can only imagine how those private conversations (between Trump and Bannon) must have been like just before he left: "Now Steve, I'm going to have to publicly criticize you from time to time and pretend you have gone rogue on me, in order that I can get a few things done in the senate this year, but between you and me, full speed ahead and help me get some good folks into Congress next year."

As for Jeff Sessions, I have to believe that if he is really as disappointing and feckless as he is being made out to be, Trump would have canned him long ago. It's quite possible that this act is all smoke and mirrors, intended to distract our attention and that some serious "Art of War" stuff is going on here behind the scenes.