Understanding the strategy behind President Trump's twitter slam of AG Sessions

american thinker ^ | 3/1/2018 | thomas lifson

[bitt]

I have a strong suspicion that the current kerfuffle between President Trump and Jeff Sessions is part of a strategy, not merely – as the left has it – a rogue president shockingly, immaturely, and inappropriately attacking his attorney general on Twitter.

By now, you have probably seen the tweet in question:

Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2018 Occam's Razor suggests that the president means it and that he really wants DOJ prosecutors charged with going after Comey and is genuinely angry at Sessions. But I always see Donald Trump as a master of the video narrative, an expert crafter of story arcs that work to his advantage, and which often lure his opponents into positions that redound to his benefit once all the facts and drama have played themselves out before the nation's eyes. Never forget that Donald Trump is the most successful reality television producer in the history of the medium. And never forget that he played the media like a Stradivarius violin during the campaign, exploiting their predictable outrage.

[morphing libertarian]

I think when a crime is committed and you know the criminal you shouldn’t wait to arrest them

[arthurus]

And forgo arresting all the others the criminal is leading you to. Yes. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. You don’t think Trump is any good, do you? incompetent? The reality TV blowhard the left has been telling you about?

[littleharbour]

Reading about the Trump - Sessions 4D chess reminded me of something. I hate chess.

[FreeReign]

Well now.. We have duplicate posts posted 12 HOURS apart. Contrary to your assertion that this never happened in your 19 years on FR, it DOES happen with a frequency that obviously would shock you.

Read my post again. I never made that assertion.

[FreeReign]

“Duplicate posts of articles are OK as long as they aren’t real close to each other.” (posted by Admin Moderator)

I didn't know that.

[morphing libertarian]

You’re generalizing to make me look foolish. It won’t work. I addressed one important issue. Don’t spin it into an overall report card. Nice try.

[bitt]

THANKS - and sometimes the search doesn’t deliver -

I know I didn’t see it before and I’d a pinged it! :)

[Yulee]

And....who leaked this information to the NYT? Or could it be misdirection?

[Yulee]

Hopefully!

[itsahoot]

How long do you have to watch Trump work before you quit running with surface impressions?

I am all for bringing back the Super Secret, Super Genius GW threads that explained all the stupid things he did.

[itsahoot]

I don’t think it is malicious, just unavoidable.

As with every organization people assume authority to which they are not entitled.

[NoCmpromiz]

I never made that assertion.

I stand corrected. What you said was "I've been here nineteen years and I can't think of another time I told a poster that their article was a duplicate."

So in other words you are admitting that you have been unobservant for nineteen years or your memory is beginning to fail. If the former you could pay more attention before making assertions. If the latter you might want to get that checked. It could be early symptoms of Alzheimer's.

Or you could be negatively influenced mentally by the son of former emperor Mario and his associated evil.

[zeugma]

“Jeff Sessions? Hell I couldn’t get anything out of that guy, was about ready to fire him - and look what happens! He brings in this report that says half the government deserves to be locked up! I guess he was doing his job after all!”

There is no evidence of it. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.

[zeugma]

There is NO WAY this man, who was one of the strongest Senators, has turned weak.

hahahahahahaahhaaha There is a big difference between being a senatecritter and someone who actually has to show results for his work. It's easy to talk the game, but to actually play it is a different thing entirely.

[FreeReign]

I stand corrected. What you said was "I've been here nineteen years and I can't think of another time I told a poster that their article was a duplicate."

So in other words you are admitting that you have been unobservant for nineteen years or your memory is beginning to fail. If the former you could pay more attention before making assertions. If the latter you might want to get that checked. It could be early symptoms of Alzheimer's.

Neither is correct.

I'll give you a clue: I do recall seeing many duplicates, my post doesn't suggest that I haven't.

Do you have a reading comprehension problem? Perhaps you ate too many paint chips when you were a kid.

I'd ask you to try again but you may have an low IQ problem and I don't want to embarrass you.

[morphing libertarian]

two words about W Iraq Illegals. No thank you. What a disaster!

[Admin Moderator]

4 hrs..

[humblegunner]

I just did several searches of the article title using one or two of the title words.

Use the whole title and search under "titles".

It works very well, every time.

[Uncle Miltie]

Okeydoker seems a troll by his posting history. What say you?