if an AG serves at the leisure of a president, then Sessions, as AG, should be there to defend him against any charges and not recuse himself if he is also involved in an investigation - a united front instead of giving the impression (accurate, in this case) that the AG is also compromised.
If the AG is going to recuse himself instead of promoting the party line (nothing to see here) then a president needs someone who will. As he (Trump) looks guilty if his AG needs to recuse himself from an investigation into a president.
Trump's attacks is part of the push of his other talking point from the interview - that the FBI should be under the executive (and thereby controlled by the president) and not under the DOJ and acting independently.
His attack on Sessions is more strategic, to push his real aim. To undermine the justice department as a whole and push that Wray serves HIM and not the Constitution and even though he (Wray) formally reports to the Deputy AG, Trump thinks it should be the case that the FBI director reports to, and is answerable to, only the president. If the DOJ and the FBI become less independent and more beholding to the executive, then Trump can control any investigation.
Trump wants to control the FBI and Justice Department. Trump wants to be J. Edgar Hoover with all the powers of the executive.
Trump could want Sessions gone to put in place someone who will go along with aims.
Or he could be attacking Sessions as way to get Sessions to push those aims now.
Maybe Trump wants the Deputy AG out.
Trump's aim is to attack the entire justice system, undermine the investigation, justify firing Mueller, gaining control over this investigation and any other investigations.
Sessions is willing to take insults from Trump to go along with Trump if that's what Trump wants. Because that is what it means to be in good standing with Trump - you kiss his ass and allow him to insult you.
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