Donald Trump isn't known for his carefully considered decision making, and that reality multiplies infinitely when he's seething about something, which apparently he is. The AP writes:
Trump’s fury with Sessions is so ever-present it has taken to darkening his moods even during otherwise happy moments. On Thursday, Trump was on Air Force One returning from a trip to Texas, reveling in both a successful day of fundraising and the heads-up he had received from economic adviser Larry Kudlow that the next day’s jobs report would be positive.
But when an aide mentioned Sessions, Trump abruptly ended the conversation and unmuted the television in his office broadcasting Fox News, dismissing the staffer to resume watching cable, according to a person familiar with the exchange.
Oops! The S-word will get ya every time.
Seriously, what a loser. In case anyone missed it, we know exactly why Trump is so touchy-touchy about the S-dog, and it's not just that Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe. Here’s the real reason: Because Sessions recused himself from the probe, it falls to Trump himself to end the investigation rather than just being able to lean on Sessions to do it for him and take the heat.
In other words, if Trump wants the probe ended—and he dearly does—he will actually have to take responsibility for doing it himself. And you know what, that really ticks Trump off.
“The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax continues, all because Jeff Sessions didn’t tell me he was going to recuse himself,” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. “I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted, so many lives ruined … and Sessions knew better than most that there was No Collusion!”
Shorter: If Sessions had warned me he wouldn't be obstructing justice on my behalf, I would have skipped over him for someone who would do it! Harumph.
Of course, Trump, his top aides, and most recently his Russia lawyers have spent his entire tenure arguing that he has absolute unfettered power over everything—from who to let into the country (the Muslim ban) to his Justice Department to his pardoning powers. In other words, he's the man. As the New York Times’s Peter Baker writes:
Why lay responsibility on Mr. Sessions? Because, it seems, he has become the president’s favorite whipping boy for not doing what Mr. Trump himself has so far not dared to do.
“Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you won’t get impeached for doing it,” said Cameron Smith, a former aide to Mr. Sessions. “What’s happening here is you have a president saying, ‘I can do what I want to do.’ Well, are you going to do it or not? The answer is no because he does not have the political cover.”
Man, there's just so much responsibility involved with absolute power. Trump just wants to do the fun stuff, like hold raucous racist rallies, call into Fox News in his jammies, and disinvite football players from the White House so he can force people to attend who will be properly subservient while he celebrates patriotism by forgetting the words to God Bless America.
If only the tools he hired would do the tough stuff, this would be just the gig for him.