President Donald Trump launched an aggressive new attack against Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, going so far as to suggest that his attorney general's job performance has been so disappointing, it borders on the nonexistent.

"I don't have an attorney general. It's very sad," Trump told Hill.TV in an exclusive Oval Office interview that was described as "free-wheeling" on the outlet's website Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters on the White House South Lawn later Wednesday morning, the president acknowledged Sessions' existence — but reiterated how displeased he is with the nation's top law enforcement officer.

"I'm disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons. But we have an attorney general. I'm disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons," Trump said.

The president has railed against Sessions regularly since the attorney general's March 2017 decision to recuse himself from the federal investigation into Russian election meddling, which includes probing contacts between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

Trump told Hill.TV that his disappointment with Sessions goes beyond the probe, which is being led by special counsel Robert Mueller.

"I’m not happy at the border, I'm not happy with numerous things, not just this," he said.

Trump told the outlet that he had been reluctant to give Sessions the job in the first place.

"I'm so sad over Jeff Sessions because he came to me. He was the first senator that endorsed me. And he wanted to be attorney general, and I didn't see it,” he said. Trump also made clear that he thought Sessions performed poorly during his Senate confirmation hearings, saying his answers were "confusing."

At the time, a senior Trump administration official told NBC News that the White House was "pretty impressed" with what they had heard from Sessions so far.

During those hearings, however, Sessions failed to disclose two meeting with then-Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, prompting lawmakers on both side of the aisle to call for him to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein became the Justice Department official overseeing the probe, and named Mueller as special counsel after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

Outside the White House, the president dodged a question from reporters of whether he would fire Sessions.

"We are looking at lots of different things. I have a great Cabinet," he said.

Trump has repeatedly attacked Sessions in tweets, news conferences and interviews, describing the attorney general as "very weak" and "beleaguered," and saying more than once that he wished he had picked someone else for the role.

Sessions doesn't often respond to the rebukes, but had something to say last month after the president said his top law enforcement official "never took control" of the Justice Department.

“I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda," Sessions said. "While I am attorney general, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations."

And in July of last year, Sessions said Trump's comments about him were "kind of hurtful."

This June, Trump appeared to employ another tactic to belittle Sessions.

During a FEMA briefing, Trump verbosely commended each of the more than a dozen present Cabinet members. But when he introduced Sessions, he simply said, "Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you very much."