Donald Trump Criticizes Jeff Sessions For Recusing Himself From Russia Probe

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He also went after Robert Mueller, James Comey and Rod Rosenstein.

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President Donald Trump said in an interview with The New York Times Wednesday that he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions attorney general had he known the former senator would recuse himself from the Justice Department investigation into Russia’s intervention in the 2016 election.

Trump also attacked former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who was appointed special counsel overseeing the Russia probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and former FBI Director James Comey.

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Trump is finding out the hard way that public service is a lot different than running your own company. Since Trump's companies are private and family run he as never been subject to oversight of either a board of directors or stockholders. Now he's finding out the hard way that he's the public servant and is subject to rules, regulations, and ethical conduct. My opinion is that Trump thought that as president that he could be "the boss" like he was in his companies, have everyone's undying loyalty, and to be able to control everything.

Doesn't he realize if he alienates everyone further by badmouthing them publicly they could turn on him and he could even be in more chaos than he is right now?

Reality sucks Mr. President, don't it?

lurchadams said:

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Trump is finding out the hard way that public service is a lot different than running your own company. Since Trump's companies are private and family run he as never been subject to oversight of either a board of directors or stockholders. Now he's finding out the hard way that he's the public servant and is subject to rules, regulations, and ethical conduct. My opinion is that Trump thought that as president that he could be "the boss" like he was in his companies, have everyone's undying loyalty, and to be able to control everything.

Doesn't he realize if he alienates everyone further by badmouthing them publicly they could turn on him and he could even be in more chaos than he is right now?

Reality sucks Mr. President, don't it?

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“Sessions should have never recused himself and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else,”
Perhaps instead of waiting for him to tell him he should have asked.

lurchadams said:

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Trump is finding out the hard way that public service is a lot different than running your own company. Since Trump's companies are private and family run he as never been subject to oversight of either a board of directors or stockholders. Now he's finding out the hard way that he's the public servant and is subject to rules, regulations, and ethical conduct. My opinion is that Trump thought that as president that he could be "the boss" like he was in his companies, have everyone's undying loyalty, and to be able to control everything.

Doesn't he realize if he alienates everyone further by badmouthing them publicly they could turn on him and he could even be in more chaos than he is right now?

Reality sucks Mr. President, don't it?

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This really makes Trump's megalomania shine. He's constitutionally incapable of controlling his obsessive compulsion to roughshod over others . His outlandish attacks on others feeds his narcissism because they draw the attention back on Trump. And that feeds his insatiable ego.

Removable Mind said:

This really makes Trump's megalomania shine. He's constitutionally incapable of controlling his obsessive compulsion to roughshod over others . His outlandish attacks on others feeds his narcissism because they draw the attention back on Trump. And that feeds his insatiable ego.

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Great point! He's stuck in a vicious circle of his own making!

SocialD said:

“Sessions should have never recused himself and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else,”
Perhaps instead of waiting for him to tell him he should have asked.

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Sessions is a wimp. It wasn't really a surprise to Trump. That's why he choose Sessions for that particular job. It's a powerful position and Trump needs brown nosers and yes men to staff his cabinet. It just backfired on Trump, that's all. Trump's empire will continue fall.

Former Pres. Obama once made an analogy between how government is structured and functions -vs- a large corporation.

President = CEO
Cabinet = Various Departments
Congress = Board of Directors
Voters = Shareholders

If you really extrapolate outward it could be argued that government subsidies at all levels, i.e., agriculture, education, corporate R&D, defense contracts, equates to "government ownership" since government effectively writes the rules by which each subsidy is to be dispursed and, as such, each entity must comply or lose said funding. That said, running the government isn't the same as running a corporation. The components my be the same comparatively and each department head may ultimately answer to the POTUS, but each department operates virtually independent of the White House. Congress certainly doesn't answer to him. In truth, it's actually the reverse particularly where the Senate is concerned.

Now, taking all this into consideration, I'd say the only reason Pres. Trump is pissed at AG Sessions (especially him!), Deputy AG Rosenstein and Special Counsel appointee Mulleur is because he firmly believes had Session stood firm Trump could have "hide" behind him and used executive privilege to effectively shut the Russian investigation down long ago. Instead, the drip, drip, drip of incriminating information against members of his family and members of his campaign keeps coming back to bite him in the butt! To borrow a phrase from the military, this Russia investigation has pretty much rendered him "combat ineffective".

Objective Voice said:

Former Pres. Obama once made an analogy between how government is structured and functions -vs- a large corporation.

President = CEO
Cabinet = Various Departments
Congress = Board of Directors
Voters = Shareholders

If you really extrapolate outward it could be argued that government subsidies at all levels, i.e., agriculture, education, corporate R&D, defense contracts, equates to "government ownership" since government effectively writes the rules by which each subsidy is to be dispursed and, as such, each entity must comply or lose said funding. That said, running the government isn't the same as running a corporation. The components my be the same comparatively and each department head may ultimately answer to the POTUS, but each department operates virtually independent of the White House. Congress certainly doesn't answer to him. In truth, it's actually the reverse particularly where the Senate is concerned.

Now, taking all this into consideration, I'd say the only reason Pres. Trump is pissed at AG Sessions (especially him!), Deputy AG Rosenstein and Special Counsel appointee Mulleur is because he firmly believes had Session stood firm Trump could have "hide" behind him and used executive privilege to effectively shut the Russian investigation down long ago. Instead, the drip, drip, drip of incriminating information against members of his family and members of his campaign keeps coming back to bite him in the butt! To borrow a phrase from the military, this Russia investigation has pretty much rendered him "combat ineffective".

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It was obvious to me from his behavior in the campaign that Trump thinks he knows everything. That's why he never researches anything. He already knows. Of course, in reality, he's more ignorant than Sarah Palin, which is saying a lot. He doesn't understand the limitations of the presidency. He wants people to be loyal to him personally. He doesn't understand that all civil servants take an oath to the constitution. He took that oath as well. It passed right over his head.

I feel a Select Committee comin' on.

bearpoker said:

It was obvious to me from his behavior in the campaign that Trump thinks he knows everything. That's why he never researches anything. He already knows. Of course, in reality, he's more ignorant than Sarah Palin, which is saying a lot. He doesn't understand the limitations of the presidency. He wants people to be loyal to him personally. He doesn't understand that all civil servants take an oath to the constitution. He took that oath as well. It passed right over his head.

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While I wouldn't necessarily characterize him in exactly that way, I would say there's a reason he characterized himself as a great negotiator and it had little to do with his book, the Art of the Deal. It had everything to do with convincing people that all he had to do was get to the White House and he'd be able to influence Congress via his millionaires/billionaires Cabinet appointments. Why is this important? Because once he had key Cabinet positions filled with wealthy corporate elites, he'd be able to wield his power as POTUS over them and that would eventually filter down to Congress. And why would Congress bend to his will. Lobby money, of course. Think about it...

Congress is largely beholding to big money lobbyist. Voters may elect them to office, but corporate donors keep them flush with cash! So, you get these highly influential "captain's of industry" in power positions where they would right the rules (or eliminate them), then they could wield their influence within specific industries and eventually Congress would bend because they'd want to keep the lobby fundraising machine going. Problem is things aren't going quite as planned. Pres. Trump still hasn't had that one major national victory where he comes off as the "Negotiator-in-Chief" ruling with an iron fist over "establishment Republicans" who dumped over their constituents. Until he gets that big victory that gives the impression that he put these establishment Republicans in their place and, moreover brought both sides of the isle to the bargaining table and HE helps spearhead a deal, he's still viewed presently as an ineffective POTUS. His supporters see him differently, but those who are paying attention know how his hand (politically speaking) gets weaker and weaker with each passing day.

lurchadams said:

Donald Trump Criticizes Jeff Sessions For Recusing Himself From Russia Probe | HuffPost






Trump is finding out the hard way that public service is a lot different than running your own company. Since Trump's companies are private and family run he as never been subject to oversight of either a board of directors or stockholders. Now he's finding out the hard way that he's the public servant and is subject to rules, regulations, and ethical conduct. My opinion is that Trump thought that as president that he could be "the boss" like he was in his companies, have everyone's undying loyalty, and to be able to control everything.

Doesn't he realize if he alienates everyone further by badmouthing them publicly they could turn on him and he could even be in more chaos than he is right now?

Reality sucks Mr. President, don't it?

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To be a fly on the wall when they told him he couldn't fire Congress...

If Sessions has balz he'll resign. As will Rosenstein.

The bigger question is Wray.

lurchadams said:

President Donald Trump said in an interview with The New York Times

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The fact that Trump even sat down with the New York Times should anger the trumpsters. How the heck did this even happen? Are you telling me that Trump doesn't really believe anything he says??? WHAT?? I thought the NYT was Fake News!

It does seem to me however, that Trump wanted this interview so that he can call Sessions out. He can't simply ask the guy to resign quietly. It's either, people leave because they can't take it or they are forced out by Trump or an investigation.

The Trumpsters eat it up because Sessions is not even "good enough," to be on the Trump train just because Trump said it.

bearpoker said:

It was obvious to me from his behavior in the campaign that Trump thinks he knows everything. That's why he never researches anything. He already knows. Of course, in reality, he's more ignorant than Sarah Palin, which is saying a lot. He doesn't understand the limitations of the presidency. He wants people to be loyal to him personally. He doesn't understand that all civil servants take an oath to the constitution. He took that oath as well. It passed right over his head.

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Agreed. The man is incredibly ignorant on US history, world history and American government. Part of his frustration with Sessions is Trump's ignorance about the role of the AG. Trump somehow thinks the AG is his personal attorney hired to protect his flank; his bishop in the game of chess Trump thinks he is playing. The problem, however, is the Trump is really more of checkers man. The AG's job is to be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. It is his job to ensure justice is served even-handedly on behalf of the people, including asserting the interests of the people against the President should that President ever be operating on the wrong side of the law.

Sessions was the first Senator to endorse Trump a real outsider who needed Sessions support, especially
early on. It is a mistake to chastise Sessions a pretty loyal guy, I'm all for Trump but this doesn't help.
Trump needs the south to hold firm I hope he cuts this crap out. To me it's a bigger mistake than firing
Comey.

Parrish said:

If Sessions has balz he'll resign. As will Rosenstein.

The bigger question is Wray.

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Wray's statement that he would resign before being forced to downgrade his investigation may be tested sooner than he thinks.

Also, it does look like the dominoes for the Saturday Night Massacre have been set up and are now ready for that one little nudge.