Trump Reportedly Fuming Over Sessions Statement, But Concerned About Backlash to Firing Him

President Donald Trump is reportedly fuming about Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

According to a new report by CNN, Trump spent Thursday night fixated on Sessions’ brash statement in response to Trump’s slam of him in a Fox interview that aired early Thursday morning.

Then on Friday morning, Trump tweeted this: “FISA abuse, Christopher Steele & his phony and corrupt Dossier, the Clinton Foundation, illegal surveillance of Trump Campaign, Russian collusion by Dems – and so much more. Open up the papers & documents without redaction? Come on Jeff, you can do it, the country is waiting!”

In another White House, the clash between the nation’s Attorney General and the president would likely take place behind closed doors and not in public statements and on social media.

In fact, Sessions and Trump met in the Oval Office on Thursday. However, they reportedly only talked policy and avoided the feud. Trump tweeted the next day.

CNN sources say that lashing out publicly — instead of one-on-one — is Trump’s style because, according to CNN, “he does not tend to be as confrontational in person, despite his self-described penchant for fighting back.”

The CNN also reports Trump and Sessions “rarely” speak on the phone emphasizing the breakdown in communication and the relationship between POTUS and the Attorney General.

Yet, despite all the drama and back and forth, the CNN report indicated that Trump sill remains a bit reluctant to simply fire Sessions because he is concerned about Robert Mueller’s reaction and worries a new attorney general may not get confirmed.

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