# Trump nominates Jeff Sessions for AG **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327 "2016-11-18T15:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/161 "2017-07-27T11:59:40Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I think he’s seriously weighing number two but for whatever reason hasn’t pulled the trigger on it. Might be why he’s hounding Sessions so hard – Donny wants Beauregard to be the villain so he can keep his distance and wipe his hands of it. For all we know, he may have already had that **conservation** with people in his administration - including Sessions - who might have told the Don in no uncertain terms that it would be a ludicrous idea if he did it. In fact I wonder if Sessions has already told Trump “Sorry, but I ain’t touching that one.” Again, Sessions is a former federal prosecutor. He knows he’d be gambling everything he has to follow Trump into that sewer and do his dirty work for him. Sessions isn’t going to fire everyone who’s anyone in the DoJ and Bureau to save someone who’s now flogging him in public. It’s shit like this that really and truly makes me question Trump’s grasp of reality. Um, conversation.:o ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/162 "2017-07-27T16:08:04Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > It’s shit like this that really and truly makes me question Trump’s grasp of reality. It’s not that Trump is insane, it’s that he’s overwhelmed. I must not be the only person in this thread who’s found himself in a job where I simply don’t know enough to do the job; you start ANY complex job in that situation, and sometimes people get into jobs where they have no hope of figuring it out because it’s beyond their skill set. In such situations, people will often react in many of the ways Trump is reacting: 1. Balking at doing the job at all (Hello, golf course!) 2. Returning over and over to familiar, easier tasks - note how Trump has already started holding campaign rallies, something he’s very good at. 3. Assigning blame to external parties, which Trump has always done but he’s getting worse. 4. Clinging to co-workers with whom one is personally comfortable, and avoiding ones one is not especially familiar with. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/163 "2017-07-27T16:15:05Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s not that Trump is insane, it’s that he’s overwhelmed. > > I must not be the only person in this thread who’s found himself in a job where I simply don’t know enough to do the job; you start ANY complex job in that situation, and sometimes people get into jobs where they have no hope of figuring it out because it’s beyond their skill set. > > In such situations, people will often react in many of the ways Trump is reacting: > > **1. Balking at doing the job at all (Hello, golf course!) > 2. Returning over and over to familiar, easier tasks - note how Trump has already started holding campaign rallies, something he’s very good at.** > 3. Assigning blame to external parties, which Trump has always done but he’s getting worse. > 4. Clinging to co-workers with whom one is personally comfortable, and avoiding ones one is not especially familiar with. He visited Mar A Lago his second weekend in office. Hardly time to get fed up with it. I think he planned all along to take off every weekend. Classifying the rallies as campaign events allows him to control access. No hostile crowds. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/164 "2017-07-27T16:31:18Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s not that Trump is insane, it’s that he’s overwhelmed. > > I must not be the only person in this thread who’s found himself in a job where I simply don’t know enough to do the job; you start ANY complex job in that situation, and sometimes people get into jobs where they have no hope of figuring it out because it’s beyond their skill set. The difference in the case of Trump is that while many outsiders can figure out that he’s overwhelmed and doesn’t know enough to do the job, it doesn’t appear that Trump himself realizes any of that. By all indication he thinks he’s more than capable of doing the job - and any other job that might exist - with one arm tied behind his back, and thinks he’s a Gulliver tied down by Lilliputians, who are getting on his nerves. [My son told me a few of his pals were hanging around at a Trump-owned hotel a couple of years ago when Trump himself came in with some staff. Trump made a big show of making all sorts of design comments about the place like “move that painting a few feet over to the left …”, and so on. These kids scoffed at the notion that Trump was any sort of design expert, but he was taking himself very seriously. Later they met him outside on his golf cart and he posed for a picture with them and then said “now go out there and make some money!!!”] ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/165 "2017-07-27T17:08:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Classifying the rallies as campaign events allows him to control access. No hostile crowds. It also allows him to raise money for his criminal defense fund. He’s going to need it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/166 "2017-07-27T17:12:11Z")
Why? I’m sure he knows more than all lawyers combined. Just ask him! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/167 "2017-07-27T22:20:37Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > There’s also a world of difference between getting a blowjob in the Oval Office and undermining the entire American elections process. Yeah! Getting blowjobs is not OK! But treason is. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/168 "2017-07-27T22:26:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s not that Trump is insane, it’s that he’s overwhelmed. > > I must not be the only person in this thread who’s found himself in a job where I simply don’t know enough to do the job; you start ANY complex job in that situation, and sometimes people get into jobs where they have no hope of figuring it out because it’s beyond their skill set. > > In such situations, people will often react in many of the ways Trump is reacting: > > 1. Balking at doing the job at all (Hello, golf course!) > 2. Returning over and over to familiar, easier tasks - note how Trump has already started holding campaign rallies, something he’s very good at. > 3. Assigning blame to external parties, which Trump has always done but he’s getting worse. > 4. Clinging to co-workers with whom one is personally comfortable, and avoiding ones one is not especially familiar with. He’s not overwhelmed, it’s that he is a monstrous fraud, a fake, and he can’t hide it behind employees, non-disclosure agreements, lawyers, and bullshit anymore. it’s all out in the open for the whole world to see. He has always been this way. Stealing credit, stealing money, lazy, work averse, lying, STUPID, etc etc etc. But the “public” and Congress, and the NY state attorney general are not his employees and he can’t fire the whole world. He’s a narcissistic psychopath, and his flunkies can’t hide it so good now. He was NEVER a great brain, a great deal maker, a great businessman, a great anything. His entire life he was just running on bullshit. Other than lying and bullshitting and stealing, he HAS NO skill set at all. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/169 "2017-07-27T23:06:56Z")
According to [this article](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/27/how-rick-perry-could-fire-robert-mueller/?utm_term=.7ff37bce0594) there may be another advantage to having Sessions quit: > [@](#): > > So, in other words, if Sessions were to resign, President Trump could appoint, say, Rick Perry, the secretary of energy, to be the acting attorney general? “The answer is yes,” Butler said, since Perry has already been appointed by Trump and confirmed by the Senate. > > But there’s a catch. > > “The statute says that it applies when the current officeholder ‘dies, resigns or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office,’” he said. “That suggests that there might be a difference and the Act might not apply if the person is fired.” So if Trump gets Sessions to quit, Rick Perry could be made acting attorney general. If Sessions is fired? It’s less clear. That seems like pretty sophisticated strategy for the guy who fired Comey, but it’s not impossible that he has some legal adviser who is actually not incompetent and convinced him this was his best strategy. ---
**Author:** ![HeweyLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heweylogan/32/547_2.png) [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/170 "2017-07-27T23:15:27Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > He’s not overwhelmed, it’s that he is a monstrous fraud, a fake, and he can’t hide it behind employees, non-disclosure agreements, lawyers, and bullshit anymore. it’s all out in the open for the whole world to see. > > He has always been this way. Stealing credit, stealing money, lazy, work averse, lying, STUPID, etc etc etc. > > But the “public” and Congress, and the NY state attorney general are not his employees and he can’t fire the whole world. > > He’s a narcissistic psychopath, and his flunkies can’t hide it so good now. He was NEVER a great brain, a great deal maker, a great businessman, a great anything. His entire life he was just running on bullshit. > > Other than lying and bullshitting and stealing, he HAS NO skill set at all. Dude. You really need to take a breath once and a while. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/171 "2017-07-27T23:18:42Z")
> [@HeweyLogan](#): > > Dude. You really need to take a breath once and a while. You think he’s wrong, I take it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/172 "2017-07-27T23:33:21Z")
> [@HeweyLogan](#): > > Dude. You really need to take a breath once and a while. I agree. It allows him to continue the list of The Yam’s shortcomings. ---
**Author:** ![HeweyLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heweylogan/32/547_2.png) [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/173 "2017-07-27T23:44:51Z")
I think there’s a spam post over in General Questions right now running coach. Go get em! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/174 "2017-07-28T00:02:11Z")
> [@HeweyLogan](#): > > I think there’s a spam post over in General Questions right now running coach. Go get em! Unlike the Howling Yam, I’m not that easily distracted. ---
**Author:** ![HeweyLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heweylogan/32/547_2.png) [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/175 "2017-07-28T00:11:57Z")
Evidence suggests otherwise running coach. You have no life. Like SteveG1. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/176 "2017-07-28T00:15:39Z")
> [@HeweyLogan](#): > > Evidence suggests otherwise running coach. > > You have no life. Like SteveG1. That’s OK, you have no brain. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/177 "2017-07-28T03:14:11Z")
Come to think on it, howcum Sessions needs to go to El Salvador for a couple of days to talk about drugs. “JeffBo, its a place of rampant and lawless violence. You need to get down there and have a look around. Find out what can be done without sending troops or money.” ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/178 "2017-07-28T14:16:59Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Come to think on it, howcum Sessions needs to go to El Salvador for a couple of days to talk about drugs. > … The Mooch’s stash is running low? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/179 "2017-07-28T17:09:10Z")
> [@HeweyLogan](#): > > Evidence suggests otherwise running coach. > > You have no life. Like SteveG1. I have a life. I have a magnificent brain, the best brain. I have the best words. I’m SO good looking. And everyone loves me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327/180 "2017-07-29T01:39:59Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Come to think on it, howcum Sessions needs to go to El Salvador for a couple of days to talk about drugs… Maybe Trump shook his hand, pulled him off-balance and said “J-Beau, you need to root out the drug runners where they live. Even if you have to wander the back alleys undercover, as a potential buyer with a briefcase full of money. Your life insurance is paid up, isn’t it? Oh, no reason, just making conversation…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nominates-jeff-sessions-for-ag/772327.md?page=10)