Actually it makes a lot of sense. If it turns out that Sessions has been living up to his Silent Assasin nickname the public spats are a diversion. I like to think of it as rope-a-dope. BTW, did you hear about the Grand Jury Sessions had going for the last 6 months? It was leaked for the first time this week.
Trump secretly thinks that Sessions should have recused himself? Mark Levin even said that Sessions should step down.