President Trump Publicly Wishes He Didn’t Pick Jeff Sessions As AG

This is awkward.

This morning, President Trump went “there.” He publicly wished that he didn’t choose Jeff Sessions as AG.

Rep.Trey Gowdy, “I don’t think so, I think what the President is doing is expressing frustration that Attorney General Sessions should have shared these reasons for recusal before he took the job, not afterward. If I were the President and I picked someone to be the country’s….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

….chief law enforcement officer, and they told me later, ‘oh by the way I’m not going to be able to participate in the most important case in the office, I would be frustrated too…and that’s how I read that – Senator Sessions, why didn’t you tell me before I picked you…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

….There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!” And I wish I did!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

I understand his frustration. I really do, although I really don’t see how this helps his case in any way. If anything, it sows more seeds of discourse. Because at this point, it is what it is, you know?

I just don’t see how this is helpful. That’s all.