Jeff Sessions' Act Of Character Seen As Disqualification | Morning Joe

THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE, IT'S JOHN McCAIN.
>> WE'RE ALL PRAYING. NOW TO THE INTERVIEW THE
PRESIDENT GAVE TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND THE MESSAGE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TRUMP EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT
IN HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF SESSIONS.
>> SESSIONS GETS THE JOB. RIGHT AFTER HE GETS THE JOB, HE
RECUSES HIMSELF. >> WAS THAT A MISTAKE?
>> WELL, SESSIONS SHOULD HAVE NEVER RECUSED HIMSELF.
AND IF HE WAS GOING TO RECUSE HIMSELF, HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME
BEFORE HE TOOK THE JOB AND I WOULD HAVE PICKED SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> MICHAEL SCHMIDT, GIVE US SOME CONTEXT TO THIS.
SEEMS LIKE HE REGRETS HIRING SESSIONS?
>> IT SEEMS THAT IT HAS CAST A SHADOW OVER HIM, THE PROBLEM HE
HAS WITH MUELLER STARING HIM DOWN AND HE LOOKS BACK AT
SESSIONS, ONE OF HIS EARLY SUPPORTERS, AS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT REALLY BOTHERS HIM. HE'S VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND
ABOUT THE MULLER INVESTIGATION AND HE THINKS A LOT OF THINGS
COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. HE BELIEVES HE'S HIS BEST
SPOKESMAN ON THIS. HE WAS REALLY PUSHING THIS ISSUE
YESTERDAY. I THINK HE'S VERY UPSET WITH ROD
ROSENSTEIN, HE COMES IN AND POINTS MUELLER.
SO HE'S CLEARLY FRUSTRATED BY THIS.
THE INTERESTING THING IS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR?
SESSIONS WILL NOW HAVE TO GO OUT AND ACT AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
KNOWING THAT THE PRESIDENT BASICALLY DOESN'T WANT HIM
THERE. >> AND JIM, YOU LOOK AT THE CAME
OF ROD ROSENSTEIN AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE CASE OF JEFF
SESSIONS, HERE IS A GUY THAT DONALD TRUMP AND THE ENTIRE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN WOULD TELL YOU EVERY DAY THIS IS THE GREATEST
GUY IN THE WORLD, THIS IS THE SMARTEST MAN WE'VE EVER MET,
THEY'D GO ON AND ON. BUT THEY DON'T -- OBVIOUSLY
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST. I GUESS HIS ENTIRE LIFE IS
TESTIMONY TO THAT. BUT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS SO BASIC TO EVERYBODY ELSE
THAT'S BEEN IN THE LAW OR BEEN IN GOVERNMENT BEFORE, THAT IF
YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, IF YOUR INTEGRITY MAY BE CALLED INTO
QUESTION IN AN INVESTIGATION, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO DO,
RECUSE YOURSELF AND YET DONALD TRUMP SEES THAT ACT OF CHARACTER
AS A DISQUALIFICATION. >> HE SEES IT AS WEAKNESS.
HE'S BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH SESSIONS FOR SOME TIME.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS WEAK. HE THOUGHT THAT HE RECUSED
HIMSELF, BOWED TO POLITICAL PRESSURE AND PUT HIM IN A JAM.
IT'S THE TRUMP DEFINITION OF LOYALTY.
IN THE MINUTE THAT HE FELT HE WAS DISLOYAL, HE DID WANT HIM
OUT. HE'S MADE IT CLEAR HE'S
DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PERFORMANCE.
HE'S NEVER GOING TO BLAME HIMSELF.
MUELLER IS NOT JUST DIGGING IN TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
HE'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT RUSSIA. IN THAT INTERVIEW WITH "NEW YORK
TIMES," HE KNOWS HE'S GOING TO START DIGGING IN TO HIS BUSINESS
DEALINGS. HE SEES SESSIONS AS BEING WEAK
AND PUTTING HIM IN THAT POSITION.
OTHER THAN IVANKA, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON I CAN THINK OF
THAT HE HAS NOT SAID PUBLICLY OR
PRIVATELY THAT HE'S DISSATISFIED WITH.
THERE'S NOBODY AROUND HIM THAT HE FEELS

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