Rush Limbaugh said Monday that he believes President Trump is going to have to dismiss 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 because of his anger over the attorney general’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Limbaugh was somewhat critical of Trump’s decision to attack Sessions, who he said had loyally backed the president.

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But he added in remarks on his syndicated radio program that Trump is “genuinely livid” over the recusal.

“Whatever you’ve read and whatever you’ve heard about the president being really, really mad that Sessions recused himself is true times two,” Limbaugh said. “He was genuinely livid over it."

Limbaugh said reporters miss the point of why Trump is upset with Sessions.

He said it boils down to frustration that Trump “thought Sessions was a bull-in-the-china-shop fighter like Trump is.”

“It’s also a little bit discomforting, unseemly, for Trump to go after such a loyal supporter this way,” Limbaugh said.

“Especially when Sessions made it obvious he’s not gonna resign. He made it clear that he’s not gonna resign. He made it clear. After Trump gave him the invitation to quit, Sessions doubled down on how much he loves the job, how much he’s going to continue to love the job, how he’s gonna keep performing the job while appropriate,” Limbaugh said.

“So Trump is gonna have to, I think, dismiss him. My guess.”

Trump jabbed Sessions on Twitter earlier on Monday, calling him a “beleaguered” attorney general.

The comment comes days after the president told The New York Times that he wouldn't have appointed Sessions to the post if he knew he would rescue himself from the Russia investigation and possible collusion with Trump campaign associations.