Trump: My One ‘Do-Over’ As President Would Be Not Appointing Jeff Sessions

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President Donald Trump told MNSBC reporter Chuck Todd that if he could have one do-over in his presidency, it would’ve been not choosing Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general.

In a pre-taped interview that aired on Sunday morning, Todd asked Trump what he would’ve done differently as president in retrospect.

“It would be personnel,” Trump replied. “I would say if I had one do-over, I would not have appointed Jeff Sessions to be attorney general.”

Trump praised his current attorney general, Bill Barr, as a “fine man” who’s done a “spectacular job.”

“I think he feels that what’s happened in this country was a very bad thing and very bad for our country,” Trump said, likely referring to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Trump was furious with Sessions for recusing himself from investigating Russian election interference, which is what led to Mueller’s appointment in the first place. Trump frequently bashed Sessions in public, even after the then-attorney general resigned in November 2018.

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  1. Just guessing here, but I’ll bet Jeff Sessions agrees.

  2. Watching this interview as I type.

    It’s a Sunday morning word salad with zero nutrition. What I’ve learned so far is that “they” came to see tRump and get the go ahead but he thoughtfully asked if any small animals might be hurt. And when “they” told him that 149 kittens and a pet gerbil might die he called it all off. All this at the last minute becasue that’s how these military plans are planned and presented to the CIC :open_mouth:

    I also learned that tRump has learned a new word…disproportionate … proof positive that he has the most beautiful mind in the world and is a stable genius :expressionless:

  3. Yeah, Jeff really screwed you over by following precedent, and showing a degree of respect for our system, even if it was only for a couple of minutes.

  4. My one and only do-over would be the 2016 election without Russia’s help.

    Problem solved.

  5. He just can’t get over it when he thinks he has been wronged by someone. I bet Sessions is getting a real chuckle over this. I can’t imagine the amount of frustration, angst, and anger Trump has to live with every second of his life and he deserves every bit of it.

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