>>Trump and Sessions have played the media like Br’er Rabbit played Br’er Wolf.<<
If the last week or so of Sessions-bashing by Trump was just a head fake, I’ll be surprised.
And if I am surprised, well, it was a damned impressive head fake, one that got everyone lined up behind Sessions, so now whatever he reports will have to be taken seriously.
Actually, that’s true whether the Trump/Sessions duel (duet?) was a head fake or not, now that I think it over some.
Sessions is now ‘media-proof’- because the media is fanatically for anyone, or anything, Trump is against.
And even ‘Democrat-proof’- because the Dems are fanatically for anyone, or thing, Trump is against.
And that result was obviously going to occur.
So I think it was deliberate.
‘Recusal’ would not have been on anyone’s minds back in November, so I don’t give credence to that meme. Yet the SC appointment was a hard blow to Trump.
I don’t have any inside info.
Heck, Trump could just be publically pushing a good subordinate to do even more. That’s a common method of CEOs.