Acting AG's 'bald admission' implicates Trump in revenge plot: analyst

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made it clear where he stood — and it's firmly behind President Donald Trump, an analyst reported on Thursday.

Salon's Heather Digby Parton described how Blanche openly defended Trump's attack on his perceived enemies during his first press conference this week as acting attorney general since the president ousted now former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Blanche, who was Trump's personal attorney prior to joining the Department of Justice, has signaled he will continue to be loyal to Trump in his new role.

"Blanche went on to explain that there are 'men, women and entities that the president in the past has had issues with,' and it is Trump’s right and duty to lead the country. He said that while the president doesn’t want to go after his political enemies, 'he wants justice' because people had gone after him and his family," Digby Parton wrote.

"That bald admission shows that, if he hopes to exonerate his boss, Blanche will need to hone his skills as a political mouthpiece," Digby explained. "But what he might lack in rhetorical finesse, he more than has in job experience, as least as defined by Trump."

Blanche has apparently learned from Bondi what Trump values the most. He even admitted that if Trump dismisses him from the top legal job he would say, "Thank you very much, I love you, sir."

"Blanche would most likely be easily confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, and his paean to Trump at Tuesday’s press conference shows that he understands his boss very well," Digby Parton wrote. "By expressing his unconditional love for the president and making clear his willingness to be tossed aside like one of his discarded wives, Blanche has signaled he will do anything Trump wants him to. And if anything goes wrong, he’ll happily take the fall."

It might all be temporary.

"Blanche is the attorney general of Trump’s dreams. Until he isn’t," Digby Parton added.