Why Is Jeff Sessions Humiliating Himself?

The president has insulted him repeatedly, but Sessions still praises him.

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The most cringe-inducing thing about Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally didn’t happen in Tulsa, Okla., where it was held, but 700 miles away in Alabama.

But before I get to that, let’s set the stage. The Tulsa rally was supposed to signal to the country that the “Transition to Greatness” was fully underway. It was going to demonstrate to supporters that the Trump magic had never faded. More importantly, aides hoped it would lift the president out of his months-long case of the Mondays.

It failed on all counts. The campaign touted a million RSVPs for Trump’s big date with his admirers. Going by the fire marshal’s official tally of 6,200 attendees, that means some 993,800 opted for Netflix and the couch instead.

Trump’s performance was not as lackluster as the attendance, but it says something that in a nearly two-hour speech, the most memorable part was a 17-minute riff on walking down a ramp and being able to drink water manfully. Trump’s show-stopper was when he drank some H2O with one hand and flung the cup to the side like a Viking discarding a drained flask of mead. The crowd burst into chants of “Four More Years!”

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    Mike B

    "The most depressing thing about the Trump presidency hasn't been Trump himself, but what it has exposed in others—not just in the politicians who will debase themselves to prove their loyalty to a man incapable of returning it, but also in voters who apparently need to be told that the naked emperor's new clothes, or at least his water drinking skills, are “Masterful!”

    That quote is destined to go down in history. Well said!

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  2. SandyO

    Trump's treatment of Sessions is one of the reasons I could never vote for the president.. It is one thing to ask for an employee's resignation. It is another to constantly belittle and name call. Trump's actions toward a man who had been one of his most loyal supporters for daring to disagree with him is the actions of a twelve year old bully. He is beyond egotistical and dangerously petty.

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    BW

    Politicians for both sides are a joke. I’d say our country was better than this, but watching us today, were not. I’ve been gradually receding from politics, The Dispatch is one of my last bastions, but it’s all depressing to read.

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    Ray Salemi

    JVL has pointed out that Trump exposes things in others. Whether it was the Republican Party's philosophical incoherence, Hillary Clinton's astounding ability to elect the unelectable, or Jeff Sessions pathetic will to power, Trump was there to expose their shame.

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    Dina

    I found Sessions's move to support Trump inexplicable and his subsequent behavior even more so.

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      Ray Salemi

      He wants to be invited to Republican cocktail hours.

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    Jim

    Fly, my pretties! Fly!

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    Bill Nelson

    While there are unique elements, it is not new. In the 1930s, when Churchill was out of government (though still in parliament) his crusade was to warn England and get the UK to rearm for war. The more he fought the government, and the more accurate he was, the smaller his support became. Very smart and experienced men opposed him while knowing that the government was not being truthful. The PM, and partying whips held sway.
    The point is that parties and movements can hold a lot of control.
    Chamberlain, though an uninspiring leader, wielded power in the party. Trump’s power over the GOP stems from his “control” over his base, which is near total. Voters are sometimes “in for a penny, in for a pound”. But when they decide they have been taken for a ride, they will punish someone. Question is who.

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  8. Kindaconservative

    I think the answer to "Why is Jeff Sessions humiliating Himself?" is because he wants the Senate control to remain with the Republicans. Also, he holds real policy positions regarding immigration that are objectives he would like to pursue. How could Sessions know that gratitude and loyalty are qualities Trump doesn't know how give, but only how to receive no matter what?

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    1. @fakeJohn

      Yes, how could he have known? The only evidence was, let’s see, housing discrimination, three marriages, four bankruptcies, the Central Park five, birtherism, fake charities, a fraudulent university, infidelity, mocking a war hero for getting captured, mocking a disabled journalist, and too many other lies and petty insults to count. You’re right, Sessions could never known Trump’s true character when he chose to support him. That’s what makes this so tragic. Tragic means the same thing as schandenfreude, right?

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    rlritt

    That was such a sad and touching article. I'm not a Sessions fan, but no one should be treated like that. If I saw it, I'd like to think I would say something. How can Republicans put up with this nasty and crude behavior?

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    Earl King

    Said the Emperor, from his on high exalted throne as look over the vacuous GOP diaspora. I wonder does the crown ever get heavy?

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