• Bob Corker Says Trump’s Recklessness Threatens ‘World War III’
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[QUOTE]WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, charged in an interview on Sunday that President Trump was treating his office like “a reality show,” with reckless threats toward other countries that could set the nation “on the path to World War III.” In an extraordinary rebuke of a president of his own party, Mr. Corker said he was alarmed about a president who acts “like he’s doing ‘The Apprentice’ or something.” “He concerns me,” Mr. Corker added. “He would have to concern anyone who cares about our nation.” Mr. Corker’s comments capped a remarkable day of sulfurous insults between the president and the Tennessee senator — a powerful, if lame-duck, lawmaker, whose support will be critical to the president on tax reform and the fate of the Iran nuclear deal. It began on Sunday morning when Mr. Trump, posting on Twitter, accused Mr. Corker of deciding not to run for re-election because he “didn’t have the guts.” Mr. Corker shot back in his own tweet: “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.” Continue reading the main story The senator, Mr. Trump said, had “begged” for his endorsement. “I said ‘NO’ and he dropped out (said he could not win without my endorsement),” the president wrote. He also said that Mr. Corker had asked to be secretary of state. “I said ‘NO THANKS,’” he wrote. Mr. Corker flatly disputed that account, saying Mr. Trump had urged him to run again, and promised to endorse him if he did. But the exchange laid bare a deeper rift: The senator views Mr. Trump as given to irresponsible outbursts — a political novice who has failed to make the transition from show business. Mr. Trump poses such an acute risk, the senator said, that a coterie of senior administration officials must protect him from his own instincts. “I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it’s a situation of trying to contain him,” Mr. Corker said in a telephone interview. The deeply personal back-and-forth will almost certainly rupture what had been a friendship with a fellow real estate developer turned elected official, one of the few genuine relationships Mr. Trump had developed on Capitol Hill. Still, even as he leveled his stinging accusations, Mr. Corker repeatedly said on Sunday that he liked Mr. Trump, until now an occasional golf partner, and wished him “no harm.” The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Mr. Corker’s remarks.[/QUOTE] [URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/us/politics/trump-corker.html[/URL] [media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917026789188399105[/media] [media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917029060471152640[/media] [media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917030148867682304[/media] Missed this article a couple days ago since it was first posted. There's even a follow up now where Trump is mocking Corker's height: [QUOTE]WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Senator Bob Corker on Tuesday by ridiculing him for his height, even as advisers worried that the president was further fracturing his relationship with congressional Republicans just a week before a vote critical to his tax cutting plan. Mr. Trump gave Mr. Corker, a two-term Republican from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a derogatory new nickname — “Liddle Bob” — after the two exchanged barbs in recent days. He suggested Mr. Corker was somehow tricked when he told a reporter from The New York Times that the president was reckless and could stumble into a nuclear war. In labeling Mr. Corker “liddle,” the president was evidently returning to a theme. He considered Mr. Corker for secretary of state during the transition after last year’s election but was reported to have told associates that Mr. Corker, at 5-foot-7, was too short to be the nation’s top diplomat. Instead, Mr. Trump picked Rex W. Tillerson, who is several inches taller but whose own relationship with the president has deteriorated to the point that he was said to have called Mr. Trump a “moron.”[/QUOTE] [URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/politics/trump-corker-feud-tweet-liddle-bob.html[/URL] [media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917734186848579584[/media]
Ahah he's still going with those labels in front of people's names, what a fucking child
President of the United States. Jesus CHRIST.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate this epic roast? [QUOTE]Mr. Trump, posting on Twitter, accused Mr. Corker of deciding not to run for re-election because he “didn’t have the guts.” Mr. Corker shot back in his own tweet: “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”[/QUOTE] :godzing:
:/ This is really just depressing. The leader of our country for another 3 years literally acts like a low self esteem high schooler with something to prove.
[QUOTE=AlbertWesker;52766079]Can we just take a moment to appreciate this epic roast? :godzing:[/QUOTE] I've been saying that for years and years, but to hear it from someone who actually works with the White House is surreal.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;52766168]:/ This is really just depressing. The leader of our country for another 3 years literally acts like a low self esteem high schooler with something to prove.[/QUOTE] You mean middle school, right?
[quote]Trump considered Mr. Corker for secretary of state during the transition after last year’s election but was reported to have told associates that Mr. Corker, at 5-foot-7, was too short to be the nation’s top diplomat.[/quote] Incredible.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52767338]Incredible.[/QUOTE] I'm sure the fact that Corker is staunchly opposed to Russian actions in Ukraine while Tillerson was given the Medal of Friendship by Putin himself is completely inconsequential.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52767338]Incredible.[/QUOTE] He's the same height as Putin, so I think Corker would be fine.
Meaningful Congressional oversight > words and sassy tweets
You know, We're lucky Comey saw a certain someone complaining about treatment from him about that certain someone's emails would give cover for Trump to fire him and proceeded to bulletproof the case. Yes Hillary's Complaining almost destroyed the case.
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