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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNEW from VF: Trump has discussed a plan to fire AG Sessions. Could replace with Scott Pruitt
NEW: sources said Trump has discussed a plan to fire AG Sessions. According to 2 GOP sources, there have been talks that Trump could replace Sessions with EPA Admin. Scott Pruitt, who would not be recused from overseeing the Russia probe.
Trump Wants Them Out of There: After Swinging the Axe at Tillerson, Trump Mulls What to Do with McMaster, Sessions, Jared, and Ivanka
With tariffs done, Trumps sights are now on the Iran dealand, possibly, the Russia investigation. The president is finally realizing he is the president, a former White House official told me. Hes just making these decisions on his own.
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Perhaps most consequential for Robert Muellers investigation, sources said Trump has discussed a plan to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. According to two Republicans in regular contact with the White House, there have been talks that Trump could replace Sessions with E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt, who would not be recused from overseeing the Russia probe. Also, as an agency head and former state attorney general, Pruitt would presumably have a good shot at passing a Senate confirmation hearing.
Then there is the question of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trumps futures. Trump has told people for months that he wants them to go back to New York. Trump wants them out of there. He thinks theyve been getting hit too hard, a friend of the president said. But Javanka are digging in, sources said. Theyve damaged us so much already. What else can they say about us? Kushner recently said, according to a person who spoke with him. And if we go back to New York, theyll keep attacking. So what do we have to lose? In recent days, the couple have argued for their continued relevance by cooperating with pieces in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Sources said that if Kelly is forced out, Jared and Ivanka will fight to stay on.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
More: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/trump-swinging-the-axe-at-tillerson-mcmaster-sessions-jared-and-ivanka
With tariffs done, Trumps sights are now on the Iran dealand, possibly, the Russia investigation. The president is finally realizing he is the president, a former White House official told me. Hes just making these decisions on his own.
... snip
Perhaps most consequential for Robert Muellers investigation, sources said Trump has discussed a plan to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. According to two Republicans in regular contact with the White House, there have been talks that Trump could replace Sessions with E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt, who would not be recused from overseeing the Russia probe. Also, as an agency head and former state attorney general, Pruitt would presumably have a good shot at passing a Senate confirmation hearing.
Then there is the question of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trumps futures. Trump has told people for months that he wants them to go back to New York. Trump wants them out of there. He thinks theyve been getting hit too hard, a friend of the president said. But Javanka are digging in, sources said. Theyve damaged us so much already. What else can they say about us? Kushner recently said, according to a person who spoke with him. And if we go back to New York, theyll keep attacking. So what do we have to lose? In recent days, the couple have argued for their continued relevance by cooperating with pieces in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Sources said that if Kelly is forced out, Jared and Ivanka will fight to stay on.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
More: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/trump-swinging-the-axe-at-tillerson-mcmaster-sessions-jared-and-ivanka
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NEW from VF: Trump has discussed a plan to fire AG Sessions. Could replace with Scott Pruitt (Original Post)
MelissaB
Mar 2018
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atreides1
(16,079 posts)1. But he'll keep his pet Marines!!!
Kelly, Mattis, and Dunford...because Trump knows that they will obey any order he gives them! And from the applause he received at Miramar, when he attacked the press, he's got his Praetorian Guard to back him up...even if that includes violating the US Constitution!
Semper Fi, don't mean what it used to mean!!!
marybourg
(12,633 posts)2. Ivanred, better than Jarvanka