I never thought I'd feel sorry for Jeff Sessions

Donald Trump is not a very good manager. Literally, every company he has ever run has gone bankrupt. He made his money investing in real estate, despite his self-promotion as a "deal maker," and a good manager doesn't indulge Mr. Trump's penchant for publicly humiliating and undermining his subordinates.

He did it again today. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had the integrity and the faithfulness to his oath of office to recuse himself from Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign and administration. No other remotely ethical choice was open to him.

But today, Mr. Trump issued the following two tweets:

....There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!” And I wish I did!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

....chief law enforcement officer, and they told me later, ‘oh by the way I’m not going to be able to participate in the most important case in the office, I would be frustrated too...and that’s how I read that - Senator Sessions, why didn’t you tell me before I picked you.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

Completely leaving aside the fact that it's the attorney general's duty to represent the Constitution and the American people rather than Donald Trump, a good manager praises publicly and rebukes in private. Mr. Trump seems to make a habit of administering his rebukes via Twitter.

I never thought the day would come when I would feel sorry for Jeff Sessions, but I do. If he has an ounce of self-respect, he'll follow the example of so many former members of the Trump administration and resign.

Donald Trump is, above all else, a bully. And bullies need to be brought to heel- even when it's somebody like Jeff Sessions who is being bullied.

Sorry, Mr. President, but you are not above the law, and the Department of Justice is not your personal staff of lawyers.