--- title: Donald Trump on Firing Jeff Sessions: 'Time Will Tell' description: President Trump repeated his attacks against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying he is "very disappointed" in the nation's top prosecutor canonical: https://time.com/4873479/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-firing-criticism/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-25T20:22:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:43:47.051Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump on Whether He Will Fire Jeff Sessions: 'Time Will Tell' og:description: "I am disappointed in the Attorney General." og:url: https://time.com/4873479/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-firing-criticism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf043a91fb9b9059b/6988d7280a4a2218939cf302/trump-jeff-sessions-firing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Departs White House For West Virginia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump on Whether He Will Fire Jeff Sessions: 'Time Will Tell' twitter:description: "I am disappointed in the Attorney General." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf043a91fb9b9059b/6988d7280a4a2218939cf302/trump-jeff-sessions-firing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump on Whether He Will Fire Jeff Sessions: 'Time Will Tell' > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 25, 2017 8:22 PM UTC President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on his [attacks](http://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/) against [Attorney General Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4871278/president-trump-jeff-sessions-resign/), saying he is “[very disappointed](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wont-say-if-he-will-fire-attorney-general-sessions-1501010025)” in the nation’s top prosecutor while declining to say if he plans to fire him. Trump has [repeatedly criticized Sessions](http://time.com/4865764/president-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-new-york-times-interview/) in recent interviews for his decision in March to [recuse himself from any investigation](http://time.com/4689492/jeff-sessions-russia-recuse/) into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “I am disappointed in the Attorney General,” Trump said at a White House press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “He should not have recused himself almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office, and I would have have quite simply picked somebody else, so I think that’s a bad thing —not for the President but for the presidency. I think it’s unfair to the presidency, and that’s the way I feel.” When asked whether he will fire Sessions, Trump said “time will tell.” “I told you before I’m very disappointed with the Attorney General, but we will see what happens,” he said. “Time will tell. Time will tell.” In an earlier interview with the [Wall Street ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wont-say-if-he-will-fire-attorney-general-sessions-1501010025)[_Journal_](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wont-say-if-he-will-fire-attorney-general-sessions-1501010025)on Tuesday, Trump was asked why he would continue to criticize Sessions without firing him. “I’m just looking at it,” he told the _Journal_. “I’ll just see. It’s a very important thing.” Sessions was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Trump for the presidency last year, but Trump also dismissed that display of support on Tuesday. “When they say he endorsed me, I went to Alabama,” Trump told the _Journal_. “I had 40,000 people. He was a senator from Alabama. I won the state by a lot, massive numbers. A lot of the states I won by massive numbers. But he was a senator, he looks at 40,000 people and he probably says, ’What do I have to lose?’ And he endorsed me. So it’s not like a great loyal thing about the endorsement. But I’m very disappointed in Jeff Sessions.” Trump has repeatedly [slammed “illegal leaks,”](http://time.com/4869525/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-leaks-washington-post/) from intelligence officials, and at Tuesday’s press conference, he said again that he wants Sessions to be “much tougher” on them. “I want the Attorney General to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before at a very important level,” Trump said Tuesday afternoon. “These are intelligence agencies. 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