President Trump said Attorney General Jeff Sessions is so ineffective in his job, it’s like Trump doesn’t have anyone in the position at all.
“I don’t have an attorney general,” Trump told the Hill in an interview published Wednesday. “It’s very sad.”
Trump said he is not happy about a lot of things the Department of Justice is handling, and claims he had a blind spot when it came to nominating Sessions as the U.S. top law enforcement officer. Trump has long expressed his displeasure with Sessions after he recused himself from the Russian probe last year, but he said he has other problems with Sessions.
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“I’m not happy at the border, I’m not happy with numerous things, not just [his recusal],” Trump said.
“I’m so sad over Jeff Sessions because he came to me. He was the first senator that endorsed me. And he wanted to be attorney general, and I didn’t see it,” Trump said.
“And then he went through the nominating process and he did very poorly. I mean, he was mixed up and confused, and people that worked with him for, you know, a long time in the Senate were not nice to him, but he was giving very confusing answers,” Trump said. “Answers that should have been easily answered. And that was a rough time for him.”
Despite Trump’s disappointment in Sessions, many conservatives laud his tougher policies on immigration.
Although rumors that Trump could fire Sessions has grown in the past few months, Trump has been reluctant to comment on the matter.
“We’ll see what happens. A lot of people have asked me to [fire him]. And I guess I study history, and I say I just want to leave things alone, but it was very unfair what he did,” Trump said.
