{"id":31738,"date":"2018-08-11T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31738"},"modified":"2018-08-11T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T22:20:08","slug":"trump-doing-the-impossible-gaining-sympathy-for-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31738","title":{"rendered":"Trump doing the impossible: gaining sympathy for AG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BBLNteq.img_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31740\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BBLNteq.img_-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BBLNteq.img_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BBLNteq.img_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BBLNteq.img_.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald John Trump is trying to execute an impossible stunt.<\/p>\n<p>He is seeking to turn Attorney General Jeff Sessions into a sympathetic character in the drama that&#8217;s unfolding in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Trump fired off a tweet that said, among other things, that <em>&#8220;Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. It is all starting to be revealed &#8211; not pretty.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/trump-heightens-attacks-on-sessions-hes-scared-stiff-and-missing-in-action\/ar-BBLNBRV?li=BBnb7Kz\">Trump wants Sessions to be quicker<\/a> to defend him against critics who suggest there&#8217;s something to the &#8220;Russia thing&#8221; that special counsel is investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Now he says Sessions is MIA and a <em>scaredy-cat<\/em> to boot?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s review for a brief moment.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions had to recuse himself from the Russia collusion probe because of his ties to the Trump presidential campaign. That meant that the AG couldn&#8217;t investigate himself. So, he recused himself &#8212; as he should have done. It was the proper course to take.<\/p>\n<p>Then he squandered much of that good will be revealing that hideous immigration policy that takes children away from their illegal immigrant parents.<\/p>\n<p>Now the president has decided to hang the AG out to dry for at least the third or fourth time by declaring he is scared to act.<\/p>\n<p>Good grief, Mr. President. <em>Shut &#8230; up!<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald John Trump is trying to execute an impossible stunt. He is seeking to turn Attorney General Jeff Sessions into a sympathetic character in the drama that&#8217;s unfolding in Washington, D.C. Trump fired off a tweet that said, among other things, that &#8220;Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. 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