Trump is so scared of Mueller that he's willing to split his base attacking Sessions

[Tom Rinaldo]

That says all you need to know about what Trump is desperately trying to hide.

His survival strategy has always been two fold:A) keep his base loyal and fired up to prevent Republicans in Congress from turning on him, and B) steadfastly impeding any and all investigations into his activities - even if that entailed turning Nunes into a blatant tool, firing Preet Bharara, or ousting Director Comey.

Now in order for Trump to pursue B) He is willing to jeopardize A). The core of Trumps base has loved Jeff Sessions a lot longer than they have loved Donald Trump. Important voices on the Alt Right and media hacks like Limbaugh and Hannity are now defending Sessions. And Sessions has some pretty deep support among Republicans in the Senate and it is the Senate that ultimately can remove Trump from office.

That Trump is moving against Sessions now shows how desperate he is over the investigation

[RKP5637]

1. Trump knows he's going down. Also, all of his crap activities as a business person will be

revealed as the investigations unfold. He is a failure and a sociopath. It's all on display!

[Tom Rinaldo]

6. His ace in the hole has always been his rabid base

Trump has counted on them, along with right wing media, to keep Congressional Republicans in line no matter how he obviously impeded the investigation. It is stunning that he is willing to risk that now. He ran out of all plausibly acceptable options - everything is extremely high risk for him now - there are only reckless choices available to him

[Zambero]

2. Believe you to be correct on all points

If Trump can badger Sessions into quitting, then the AG would be leaving "voluntarily". Fire the guy, and risk a schism among the base, who, red meat craving notwithstanding still prefer not to be eating their own.

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. If Sessions had folded tent immediately at the first brush back pitch

it still would have caused murmuring within Trump's base - but Trump might have weathered that with his base with Sessions playing the good soldier in pubic - praising Trump on his way out the door. Now, even if Sessions quits before he is fired, that no longer seems to be an option

[uponit7771]

4. Mueller must be looking into Trumps lovers husbands activities even deeper, he's

... backed off so far ... sure he's going to find another route

[chimpymustgo]

5. Could you expound on your assertion? Intriguing. n/t

[uponit7771]

12. Trumps lover is his daughter (relative to how he talks about her) and her husband is Kushner

[BumRushDaShow]

7. One day a certain segment of his "base" will have had enough and dub him a "Northeast 'librrullll'"

This country is very regionalized and as a "city slicker New Yawker", he's playing with fire.

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. Yep, pitting himself against Sessions doesn't put Trump in a good light in certain regions

among certain sorts Trump counts on. You are right about playing with fire. Pence is waiting in the wings.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. But Pence isn't a southerner either

He would have to mend fences with that crowd.

[dalton99a]

8. The cult still can't get enough of the shit he's feeding them

He's got them addicted

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. His base is only 35% to begin with. Sure most will never abandon him...

But if a fifth of them do he is toast. Trump can't afford to lose many overt racists now. The fact that he is even rolling those dice is telling - it shows a trapped man forced to take chances he once would never have considered.