Trump: My Biggest Mistake
Well, this one's a no-brainer. Bill Barr won't say it, but Trump will. From an interview with Chuck Todd :
CHUCK TODD:
If you could have one do over as president, what would it be?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Well, it would be personnel.
CHUCK TODD:
Who is it?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
I would say if I had one do over, it would be, I would not have appointed Jeff Sessions to be attorney general. That would be my one --
CHUCK TODD:
That’s your, in your mind, that's your worst mistake?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Yeah, that was the biggest mistake.
CHUCK TODD:
Is Bill Barr your Roy Cohn?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
He should’ve never -- I think he's a very talented, very--
CHUCK TODD:
But do you know what I mean by that? You've always said --
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
No, no, look --
CHUCK TODD:
“Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Is he your Roy Cohn?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
You have to understand, Roy Cohn, but I had many, many lawyers. I mean, a lot of lawyers. Roy was one of them. He was a tough guy. Bill Barr is a -- first of all, Bill Barr --
CHUCK TODD:
Is he cut from the same cloth, do you think?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Bill Barr is a very, he’s equally tough . He's a fine man. He's a fine man. The job he's done is incredible. He's brought sanity back. I think he’s real -- I don't think, I know , he's respected. You know, he loves the Department of Justice. He saw what was happening. He has done a spectacular job. Now he's in the process of doing something and I stay away from it. I really, I stay away from it. But I think he feels that what's happened in this country was a very bad thing and very bad for our country.