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Speaking with the Journal, Trump said that Sessions was disloyal: “I’m very disappointed in Jeff Sessions.” He also said that Sessions joined his campaign because Trump was drawing huge crowds: “I had 40,000 people. He was a senator from Alabama. I won the state by a lot, massive numbers. A lot of the states I won by massive numbers. But he was a senator, he looks at 40,000 people and he probably says, ‘What do I have to lose?’ And he endorsed me. So it’s not like a great loyal thing about the endorsement.”
This is full-scale insanity. Sessions supported Trump because Sessions was looking for a political vehicle for his immigration. I know that Sessions was looking for such a vehicle because he said so openly three years ago in a dinner I attended, long before Trump declared he was running. Sessions ended up essentially writing Trump’s plan on immigration; his top aide, Stephen Miller, ended up as Trump’s policy wonk on the topic.
Furthermore, Sessions never had to worry about losing his Senate seat. In 2014, Sessions literally ran unopposed, winning 97.25 percent of the vote. In 2008, Sessions won 63.36 percent. Trump won 62.08 percent in 2016. It wasn’t as though Sessions was begging for Trump’s help in Alabama – and if he were, why did he take a job at the Trump administration?
Asked point blank about firing Sessions, Trump replied, “I’m just looking at it. I’ll just see. It’s a very important thing.” Flanking Trump were his favorite cabinet members: Ivanka Trump, Gary Cohn, Anthony Scaramucci, and Hope Hicks. Reince Priebus apparently tagged along as well.
Trump added publicly in a Rose Garden press conference that he was “disappointed” with Sessions and that he wanted Sessions to be “much tougher on the leaks from the intelligence agencies.”
Trump risks tearing a massive rift into his base of support by alienating a red state Republican popular with his base. Far more than Trump, Sessions has a history of conservatism on fiscal policy and populism on immigration in particular. Even Breitbart called out Trump on his shenanigans today. That’s not a good sign for a president who desperately craves applause
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18980/trump-rips-sessions-again-accuses-him-disloyalty-ben-shapiro
This is full-scale insanity. Sessions supported Trump because Sessions was looking for a political vehicle for his immigration. I know that Sessions was looking for such a vehicle because he said so openly three years ago in a dinner I attended, long before Trump declared he was running. Sessions ended up essentially writing Trump’s plan on immigration; his top aide, Stephen Miller, ended up as Trump’s policy wonk on the topic.
Furthermore, Sessions never had to worry about losing his Senate seat. In 2014, Sessions literally ran unopposed, winning 97.25 percent of the vote. In 2008, Sessions won 63.36 percent. Trump won 62.08 percent in 2016. It wasn’t as though Sessions was begging for Trump’s help in Alabama – and if he were, why did he take a job at the Trump administration?
Asked point blank about firing Sessions, Trump replied, “I’m just looking at it. I’ll just see. It’s a very important thing.” Flanking Trump were his favorite cabinet members: Ivanka Trump, Gary Cohn, Anthony Scaramucci, and Hope Hicks. Reince Priebus apparently tagged along as well.
Trump added publicly in a Rose Garden press conference that he was “disappointed” with Sessions and that he wanted Sessions to be “much tougher on the leaks from the intelligence agencies.”
Trump risks tearing a massive rift into his base of support by alienating a red state Republican popular with his base. Far more than Trump, Sessions has a history of conservatism on fiscal policy and populism on immigration in particular. Even Breitbart called out Trump on his shenanigans today. That’s not a good sign for a president who desperately craves applause
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18980/trump-rips-sessions-again-accuses-him-disloyalty-ben-shapiro