Subject: Sessions meets Trump bullets
From: "Kasnetz, Joel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 15:10:27 -0700

Washington Post: After Donald Trump Told The New York Sun That He Thought "The United Nations Is A Mess," Jeff Sessions And Tom Coburn Invited Him To Criticize A United Nations Headquarters Renovation Project At A Senate Federal Financial Management, Government Information, And International Security Subcommittee Hearing. "The unlikely alliance between Donald Trump and Sen. Jeff Sessions started because of the United Nations. It was 2005, and Trump was busy criticizing the U.N.'s plan to launch a $1.2-billion renovation of its Manhattan headquarters. To the real estate mogul, who had constructed Trump World Tower across the street, the price for the remodel was unreasonably high. 'The United Nations is a mess,' Trump told the New York Sun, deriding just the kind of multilateral institution he now routinely pans in his presidential bid. 'And they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars unnecessarily on this project.' After Sessions learned of Trump's views, the Alabama Republican and former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) invited him to come to Washington to talk about building renovation and air his criticism of the U.N. project at a Senate subcommittee hearing." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff Sessions Called Donald Trump's Testimony In Front Of The Federal Financial Management, Government Information, And International Security Subcommittee, "The Best Congressional Testimony [He Said] He Had Ever Heard." "After Sessions learned of Trump's views, the Alabama Republican and former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) invited him to come to Washington to talk about building renovation and air his criticism of the U.N. project at a Senate subcommittee hearing. The result was the best congressional testimony Sessions says he had ever heard. Even now, as Trump's sole Senate endorser and the heart of his presence in Washington, Sessions loves telling the story."  [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff Sessions Enjoys Doing A Vocal Impression Of Donald Trump. "The result was the best congressional testimony Sessions says he had ever heard. Even now, as Trump's sole Senate endorser and the heart of his presence in Washington, Sessions loves telling the story. That's partly because he likes to do his Trump impression." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff "Sessions Can't Suppress His Natural Affection For [Donald] Trump." "Eleven years have passed since that hearing, and sitting in his office on Capitol Hill, Sessions can't suppress his natural affection for Trump. So perhaps it's no surprise that the ultra-conservative southerner has become Trump's main man in Washington as the leading presidential campaign careens toward the Republican convention.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff Sessions "Has Become [Donald] Trump's Main Man In Washington As The Leading Presidential Campaign Careens Toward The Republican Convention." "Eleven years have passed since that hearing, and sitting in his office on Capitol Hill, Sessions can't suppress his natural affection for Trump. So perhaps it's no surprise that the ultra-conservative southerner has become Trump's main man in Washington as the leading presidential campaign careens toward the Republican convention.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions On Donald Trump's Chances To Win The Republican Nomination: "I Think He Can Win, And I Believe He Will," [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions On The State Of Donald Trump's Campaign: "He Will Need To Continue To Flesh Out The Details Of His Policies. But His Instinctive Response To Americans' Current Situation Has Been Pretty Darn Good." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff Sessions Said Donald Trump's "Blue Collar Attitude" Is Why His Wealth Does Not Alienate His Less Affluent Supporters. "Sessions described why he thinks Trump appeals to a large swath of voters that are seemingly his opposite - neither rich nor well-educated - and why his ostentatious lifestyle and private jet don't put off supporters. 'I do think it's one of the charms he has. It's more of a blue-collar attitude, but he is so proud of that plane!' Sessions said. 'He doesn't try to be cool, like, 'I'm a rich person.' He says, 'Let me show you this, let me show you that!' He takes you around and he wants to show you his towers.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff "Sessions is having a hard time selling that [Donald] Trump charm to his colleagues - no one else in the upper chamber has endorsed the businessman since Sessions on Feb. 28." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff "Sessions is Trump's chief resource on policy, his means of introduction to D.C.'s Republican power-brokers and the architect of what some aides describe as a Trump administration-in-waiting." "The senator serves an increasingly important role for Trump, who will need help from the Washington establishment should he win the White House. Sessions is Trump's chief resource on policy, his means of introduction to D.C.'s Republican power-brokers and the architect of what some aides describe as a Trump administration-in-waiting." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: After Donald Trump Testified in front of the Federal Financial Management, Government Information, And International Security Subcommittee "Trump and [Jeff] Sessions were out of touch until last June, when they held a conference call on immigration policy and Trump began courting Sessions's endorsement in earnest." "After the hearing in 2005, Trump and Sessions were out of touch until last June, when they held a conference call on immigration policy and Trump began courting Sessions's endorsement in earnest." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: "Sessions Defended Trump Late Last Year When He Called For A Temporary Ban On Muslim Immigrants Coming To The United States, Saying Trump Forced An 'Appropriate' Conversation On Security." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: Jeff Sessions "Believes The United States Should Lower Legal Immigration." "The Alabamian is best-known for his opposition to the Senate's 2013 comprehensive immigration bill. But beyond his rejection of both a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and his support for a wall along the Southern border, he also believes the United States should lower legal immigration. In December, he opposed a Democratic 'right-to-migrate' amendment in the Judiciary Committee, which was adopted 16-4." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: "The Affection Between [Jeff Sessions] And Trump Runs Both Ways. 'Look At Him!' Trump Said As He Watched Sessions Bound Onstage At A Rally In August. 'He's Like, 20 Years Old! Unbelievable Guy.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Stephen Miller, Policy Advisor To Donald Trump: Jeff "Sessions And [Donald] Trump Are United In The Conviction That Public Policy In The United States Should Be Tailored Toward The Interests Of American Citizens." "'Sessions and Trump are united in the conviction that public policy in the United States should be tailored toward the interests of American citizens,' said Stephen Miller, a longtime Sessions aide who departed for Trump's campaign in January. 'That should be a non-controversial thought, but it is not in our politics today.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: "Day-To-Day, [Jeff Sessions] Leads [Donald] Trump's Foreign Affairs Advisory Group, Courts GOP Officials For The Trump Campaign And Serves As A Liaison With Organizations Like The Heritage Foundation And The Federalist Society." "At 69, Sessions sees the nation-state as the heart of his political mission. Day-to-day, he leads Trump's foreign affairs advisory group, courts GOP officials for the Trump campaign and serves as a liaison with organizations like the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. But, on a deeper level, the Republican senator is thinking about a nationalist revolution." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: "On A Deeper Level, [Jeff Sessions] Is Thinking About A Nationalist Revolution." "At 69, Sessions sees the nation-state as the heart of his political mission. Day-to-day, he leads Trump's foreign affairs advisory group, courts GOP officials for the Trump campaign and serves as a liaison with organizations like the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. But, on a deeper level, the Republican senator is thinking about a nationalist revolution." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: "The Elites Have Become International And They've Ceased To Have A Primary Loyalty To The Nation-State." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: "Republicans And Democrats Do Their Fundraising Cycles, And They Go To Manhattan And They Have Their Cocktails And They Hear The Whining Of Some Billionaire And Ask Him For Money." "'The elites have become international and they've ceased to have a primary loyalty to the nation-state,' Sessions said. 'Republicans and Democrats do their fundraising cycles, and they go to Manhattan and they have their cocktails and they hear the whining of some billionaire and ask him for money, and they read the Wall Street Journal, bless its heart - great organization that it is, it's not perfect. The American people are not Darwinian. We're not Randian, in a total, brutal survival of the fittest.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: "Republicans And Democrats...Read The Wall Street Journal, Bless Its Heart - Great Organization That It Is, It's Not Perfect." "'The elites have become international and they've ceased to have a primary loyalty to the nation-state,' Sessions said. 'Republicans and Democrats do their fundraising cycles, and they go to Manhattan and they have their cocktails and they hear the whining of some billionaire and ask him for money, and they read the Wall Street Journal, bless its heart - great organization that it is, it's not perfect.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: "The American People Are Not Darwinian. We're Not Randian, In A Total, Brutal Survival Of The Fittest." "'The elites have become international and they've ceased to have a primary loyalty to the nation-state,' Sessions said...The American people are not Darwinian. We're not Randian, in a total, brutal survival of the fittest.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: "Even Moderates, They Can See In [Donald] Trump The Potential To Have Logjams Broken And Things Finally Get Done." "'Even moderates, they can see in Trump the potential to have logjams broken and things finally get done. This makes some conservatives and some liberals furious, nervous, and me nervous a little bit, because I'm a pretty pure conservative,' Sessions said. 'So that's a potential of his leadership.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: Donald Trump's Deal Making Abilities Make "Some Conservatives And Some Liberals Furious, Nervous, And Me Nervous A Little Bit, Because I'm A Pretty Pure Conservative." "'Even moderates, they can see in Trump the potential to have logjams broken and things finally get done. This makes some conservatives and some liberals furious, nervous, and me nervous a little bit, because I'm a pretty pure conservative,' Sessions said. 'So that's a potential of his leadership.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: "Sessions Said He Has Received Little Blow-Back From Senate Colleagues" For Endorsing Trump. "Sessions said he has received little blow-back from Senate colleagues. Maybe some saw the writing on the wall when Sessions appeared onstage with Trump at a rally in August, and without endorsing him, put on a 'Make America Great Again' hat." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Armand DeKeyser, Former Chief Of Staff To Jeff Sessions, On Sessions' Donald Trump Endorsement: "He's Normally Circumspect About Making Endorsements, Which Is What Really Sort Of Surprised Me."  [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Washington Post: "Sessions Said That Privately, His Colleagues Are More Receptive To Trump's Views Than They Tell The Press." "Though Sessions is all-in for Trump, he hasn't managed to persuade any of his colleagues to make the same leap. His outreach on the campaign's behalf has been informal, and he has not been tasked with netting further endorsements. But Sessions said that privately, his colleagues are more receptive to Trump's views than they tell the press." [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions: "I Just Believe That At This Point In History, Trump Will Defend Religious Faith. I Talk To Him About That." "As for those Republicans who might suspect Trump's moral character - his marital infidelity and two divorces have been widely discussed - Sessions points them to a Biblical story of a pagan king who released the Jews from captivity and helped them rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. 'Scripture says, 'He didn't know the Lord, didn't respect the Lord, but the Lord used him to advance his kingdom,' Sessions said. 'I just believe that at this point in history, Trump will defend religious faith. I talk to him about that.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]

Jeff Sessions On Whether Donald Trump Will Tone Down His Rhetoric After Winning The Nomination: "He's Made Some Mistakes. I Think People Have Been Willing To Forgive Him." "As for Trump's controversial remarks, Sessions said he believes he'll tone it down. 'I think he has said that himself,' Sessions told reporters this month off the Senate floor. 'He's made some mistakes. I think people have been willing to forgive him.'" [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/19/how-the-united-nations-brought-donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-together/>]