BUT THE TROOPS ARE GETTING ANGRY – AT 9:46 A.M. ET:   Related to the post just below.  Trump's assault on Jeff Sessions isn't winning him any warmth among Republicans in the Senate.  Sessions was one of them.  And this could be trouble for the president down the line.  What if the House were to flip to the Dems next year, and the Dems impeached Trump?  He'd then be tried by a Senate where even his own party dislikes him.  From McClatchy: 

President Donald Trump is getting a bitter Washington lesson when he messes with Jeff Sessions – you don't pick a fight with one of the Senate's guys.

It's a lesson that could cost him politically in a Senate where he badly needs Republican support for his lengthy agenda, starting with healthcare on Tuesday.

"I don’t understand it. There’s no more honorable person I’ve ever met in my life than Jeff Sessions,” said Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., a close friend of Sessions and his wife. “The only person who is more upset with Trump about this than me, is my wife.”

Sessions spent 20 years in the Senate, winning a reputation for affability and party loyalty. He understood and doggedly practiced the code of what's been called the world's most exclusive club: You can disagree without being disagreeable, but you protect the institution and its members.

Trump, clearly, doesn’t play by those rules.

COMMENT:  And remember that the Senate would have to confirm any replacement for Sessions.  Even Republicans might slow-walk the process.,

Byron York reported on Fox this morning that Sessions is being advised by friends not to resign.  Let the president fire him.  If Trump were actually faced with the prospect of firing the first senator to support his election campaign, he might realize he's going over a cliff.

July 25, 2017