JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Imagine this scenario: You wake up on a Wednesday [5-30-18] morning. You scroll through Twitter to see what’s happened overnight. And you come across a tweet from your boss in which he says he would/should never have hired you. Happy Hump Day! That’s the nightmare that Attorney General Jeff Sessions woke up to this morning…This is not the first time that Trump has savaged Sessions publicly. It’s not the second time. Or the third. Trump has repeatedly told news organizations that he wouldn’t have hired Sessions if he knew the attorney general would recuse himself in the Russia probe. He has referred to Sessions in tweets as ‘beleaguered,’ ‘very weak’ and ‘disgraceful.’ He has teased Sessions by referring to him as ‘Mr. Magoo.’ It’s very, very difficult for even the most ardent supporters of Trump to justify this behavior. Senators who have served with Sessions have repeatedly urged Trump to cut it out using the ‘stop, stop, he’s already dead!’ defense. Any boss who treated an underling like this in a more traditional work setting would likely have to go through some forced management training or run the risk of being fired themselves. Of course, Trump can’t be fired. And Sessions isn’t likely to complain to the HR person for the Justice Department. This job is the pinnacle of his career and he has demonstrated time and time again he is willing to take the slings and arrows from Trump as long as he can keep his job.”
-Chris Cillizza, “Donald Trump is a really, really bad boss. Just ask Jeff Sessions,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 30, 2018 1:05 pm