President Trump on Tuesday refused to say if he would fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE, but again offered sharp criticism of the nation's top law enforcement official.

During a press conference with the Lebanese prime minister, Trump said he was "disappointed" with his attorney general and said only that "time will tell" what fate awaits him.

“I told you before, I’m very disappointed in my attorney general,” he said from the Rose Garden. “But we will see what happens. Time will tell, time will tell.

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“If he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before taking office," Trump added. “I think that’s a bad thing not for the president, but for the presidency.”

Trump also urged Sessions to crack down on leaks that he said were coming from the nation’s intelligence agencies.

“I want the attorney general to be much tougher on leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely they ever have before,” he said. “These are intelligence agencies, we cannot have that happen.”