Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was "disappointed" with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but declined to say whether he would fire him or if he believed Sessions should resign.

"I am disappointed in the attorney general. He should not have recused himself," Trump said during a joint news conference with the Lebanese prime minister, hours after firing off his latest missive targeting Sessions. "If he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office and I would have quite simply picked someone else."

Pressed repeatedly about whether he wants Sessions out of his administration, the president simply added that he is "very disappointed" in Sessions but declined to go further.

"But we will see what happens, time will tell, time will tell," the President said.

Trump's comments came nearly a week after he launched an open critique of his attorney general, telling The New York Times that he regretted appointing Sessions in light of his recusal from the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump pressed forward with that criticism on Monday and Tuesday, calling Sessions "beleaguered" and "VERY weak" on Twitter.

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