President Donald Trump, who has has a long history of publicly insulting Attorney General Jeff Sessions, apparently also makes fun of the head of his Justice Department in private, too.
According to a new Washington Post report, Trump calls him “Mr. Magoo.”
Behind the scenes, Trump has derisively referred to Sessions as “Mr. Magoo,” a cartoon character who is elderly, myopic and bumbling, according to people with whom he has spoken.
The nickname is a snippet in a longer piece about how Special Counsel Robert Mueller is probing Trump’s attempts to get Sessions to resign last summer, but that’s not important. What is is this example of how out-of-touch the 71-year-old president is.
Not only is Mr. Magoo a cartoon character invented in the 1940s and eons removed from national relevance, the accepted and preferred nickname for Sessions is the Keebler Elf.
It’s just another example of Trump bucking established norms and enraging the left.
How is Mr. Magoo Trump's Sessions nickname when he's a dead ringer for the Keebler Elf?
— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) March 1, 2018
It's like his nicknamer is broken, and he'll need it in prison! pic.twitter.com/s9ZXBVhixu
Trump is now calling Jeff Sessions "Mr. Magoo"?!
— TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) March 1, 2018
That's ridiculous.
It's been well established that Sessions is the Keebler Elf. pic.twitter.com/tHyML9OdII
https://twitter.com/ScaredofTrump10/status/969203075448700929
So @realDonaldTrump called jeff sessions mr magoo… smdh lmao ur so slow everyone knws he is the kebbler elf… #bonespurs #touched.
— his emerald princess 67👑💍 (@lucydroz) March 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/CGolfbag/status/969191654149246976
https://twitter.com/Bmichaelhimself/status/969129633097564160
The Post reports the attempts to fire Sessions could be another way in which the president is charged with obstruction of justice in the special counsel’s investigation into possible collusion with the Russian government.