To all appearances President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have a cordial and professional working relationship. This is in spite of the intermittent abuse directed by our commander in chief at the first elected official of any standing to have endorsed his presidential campaign, the adviser who did more than anyone, with the possible exception of Stephen Bannon, to forge from the raw material of American angst and nostalgia the would-be flaming sword of universal Trumpism. On Thursday it was reported that Trump had instructed Sessions to consider prosecuting the manufacturers of opioids.