Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post
Trump may demand loyalty from those around him, but it appears he has a problem when it comes to returning it. No one in the U.S. Congress has shown Trump more loyalty than Jeff Sessions has!


It's bad enough that President Trump broke his campaign promise to end DACA, recently came out saying he would support "comprehensive immigration reform" (amnesty) and is bringing in more visa workers, but now he is really starting to piss me off. At least we've always known exactly where Jeff Sessions stood in regards to all issues concerning immigration. He's always said what he means and means what he says. There has never been any second guessing Mr. Sessions commitment to our cause, nor have we ever had a better friend in Congress.


Mr. President, I suggest you be a little more thoughtful before you start bashing one of your most loyal supporters. Jeff Sessions has been with you since early on in your presidential campaign and deserves your loyalty, consideration and praise, not a verbal public bashing! Honestly, I would even say Jeff Sessions is part of the reason you're sitting in the White House today. Show the man some respect and return the loyalty he's shown you.

Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
While I agree with Trump that Jeff Sessions should not have recused himself, I agree with MW on the fact that this is wrong of President Trump to say that he wouldn't have hired him had he known, which while probably true that had he known he wouldn't have nominated Sessions for AG, our President should have never said it publicly.
I think we need to know exactly why Sessions recused himself and exactly what that means in this case. "Recuse" means excuse oneself from a case because of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. What legitimate reason did Sessions have to excuse himself on this issue? Since it was Trump who made him Attorney General, wouldn't he have to recuse himself on all things regarding the presidency or the presidents political agenda? It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me and it occurs to me that this is Trump's objection, not the recusal as a political matter, but rather the recusal as a legal matter.

And I have heard very little to suggest that Sessions, or in fact any other Republican is standing firm with Trump regarding his immigration policies. In fact, I think it is more likely that Trump's problems with DACA are not personal, but political. He simply has not support from Rebublicans like Cruz, Rubio and McCain to exercise his legal powers in this area. His opponents know it and are deliberately -- as we see here at this forum -- making him look bad because he won't make a decision. I might include Sessions in this crowd if I didn't hear more from him regarding his work against DACA and other immigration issues. It's all on Trump, but Trump is really doing more than the rest.