The future of Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in doubt in the wake of a bombshell interview in which President Donald Trump said he would not have nominated the former Alabama Senator if he'd know he would recuse himself from the investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election.

UPDATE: Jeff Sessions responds to Trump comments, resignation rumors: 'Serve as long as appropriate'

Trump told the New York Times that Sessions' actions were "very unfair to the president."

"How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, 'Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not going to take you.' It's extremely unfair -- and that's a mild word -- to the president," the president said.

Trump also criticized the Attorney General for his testimony in front of the Senate judiciary committee looking into the election allegations.

Trump said Sessions gave some "bad answers."

"He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they weren't," the president said.

Sessions did not comment on the report, however, questions about his future with the Justice Department are mounting.

Sources told CNN that Sessions had no plans to resign while MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said the Attorney General is "now on resignation watch." Others, such as Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, weighed in:

@RealDonaldTrump No one in America can match the excellence of @JeffSessions as Attorney General. Trump agenda would be crippled w\o him. — Steve King (@SteveKingIA) July 20, 2017

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for New York until he was dismissed by Trump, had his own opinions on Sessions' future:

The President today effectively asked Sessions for his resignation. Will he resign or insist on being fired? https://t.co/bShMQJtrBI — Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 20, 2017

Sessions reportedly offered to resign in June as tensions between himself and the president grew over his decision to recuse himself from the Russian interference investigation. Sessions was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Trump but underwent a bruising confirmation hearing over his record on civil rights and concerns over maintaining autonomy in the Justice Department.