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Like a well oiled machine.

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That shouldn’t be oiled.

The president erupted with anger over the latest slew of news reports connecting Russia with the new administration — specifically the abrupt decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign.

Sources said the president felt Sessions’ recusal was unnecessary and only served to embolden Trump’s political opponents. The attorney general made his announcement Thursday just as Trump returned to Washington from a trip to the U.S.S. Gerald Ford in Virginia for a speech about his agenda as president.

Hours earlier, aboard the ship, the president had told reporters that he had “total” confidence in Sessions and saw no reason why the attorney general should recuse himself.

Apparently ol’ Beau disagreed with Boss Troglodyte.

I’m starting to think no one in the White House talks to anyone else (and I don’t blame them, frankly). Or perhaps they do speak, and the Great Pumpkin tosses out some noises that people try to obey, but when things don’t turn out the way the he wanted them to he blames everyone else and slides deeper into vindictive beast mode.

Priebus and Bannon were planning to join the trip, but suddenly after the president’s eruption those plans changed. One source said both men volunteered to stay behind in Washington, with another source saying the president seemed to concur that they should.

As President Trump was in the air aboard Marine One headed for Air Force One on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, a last-minute phone call was made from the West Wing to the team on board the president’s plane with a directive to remove Priebus and Bannon from the manifest, sources said. They would not be coming to the Sunshine State.

Or would they? According to NPR’s White House correspondent Bannon wound up down there, so tRumplethinskin must have changed his mind. I like to think the first Bannon knew of his master’s desires was an angry phone call demanding to know where the hell he was.

It should go without saying that this administration is incredibly dysfunctional and any signs of what might be described as competency are and will remain the rare exception. However, the reaction to his speech on Tuesday showed there are people who can’t be described as tRump supporters, but who will declare the Pivot has arrived when he doesn’t behave like a complete and total ass for a whole 60 minutes.

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