Trump's complaint is that he would not have NOMINATED Sessions, if Sessoins had only told him up front that he (Sessions) was going to recuse.
As for recusal or not, either the regulation is followed or it is flouted. I guess what Trump is saying is that Sessions should have flouted the regulation. Okay, and after that, then what?
What regulation would that be?
Which regulation are you talking about? Do you have a link? I'd be interested in reading it.
Too much 20/20 hindsight. He picked Sessions in October or November (?) and the Russia thing was gradually fomented by the Dims over several months and wasn't a major issue until Sessions was near his confirmation hearings. And it really blew up after he was confirmed as one of your posts showed.
Trump shouldn't be throwing Sessions under the bus in public. Very poor form and it will make it much harder to find a decent replacement for AG, if necessary, and it'll make it harder to fill other positions that are still open.
Since many Dems and others were calling for Sessions to recuse himself as soon as Trump announced him, it was an amateurish blunder for Trump’s people not to find out how Sessions would respond to the inevitable questions that would be asked at the confirmation hearing. Something doesn’t add up. Perhaps this is a Trump misdirection?