Post by Sprockey on Oct 9, 2017 14:54:35 GMT -5
and we all get to endure it . YAY us.
Corker uncorked: GOP senator's spat with Trump could have long-term implications
Corker uncorked: GOP senator's spat with Trump could have long-term implications
Sen. Bob Corker has never been reluctant to speak his mind during his decade in Congress.
As President Trump learned Sunday, the influential Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can be even more forceful and, at times, downright biting – now that he’s leaving office at the end of next year and unencumbered by the shackles of electoral politics.
“He has always been blunt,” said Kent Syler, a political scientist at Middle Tennessee State University. But, “since he’s not running for re-election, he is perhaps more uncorked than in the past.”
Uncorked Corker let loose Sunday against Trump after the president lashed out at him during a series of early morning Tweets.
Trump claimed among other things that Corker begged for his endorsement and then decided not to run again when he said no.
Corker hit back hard – at first, on Twitter.
"It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center,” the senator tweeted. “Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”
Corker was even more biting later Sunday when, in an interview with The New York Times, he warned that Trump’s threats to other countries could set the U.S. “on the path to World War III.” Corker also said the former reality show host approaches the presidency as if he were still doing “The Apprentice” and regularly tweets statements that everyone knows aren’t true.
The public spat between the Republican president and the Republican senator is just the latest sign of how much their relationship has worsened since last year, when Corker was considered a possible vice presidential running mate for Trump.
It’s also the latest example of the straight-talking approach Corker is taking in his final months in office.
In the two weeks since he announced he won’t run for a third term, Corker has not only feuded with president, he also has proclaimed that three of Trump’s top advisers are keeping the country from falling into chaos. He also has put Senate Republicans on notice that he won’t support any tax reform plan that adds “one penny” to the federal deficit.
As President Trump learned Sunday, the influential Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can be even more forceful and, at times, downright biting – now that he’s leaving office at the end of next year and unencumbered by the shackles of electoral politics.
“He has always been blunt,” said Kent Syler, a political scientist at Middle Tennessee State University. But, “since he’s not running for re-election, he is perhaps more uncorked than in the past.”
Uncorked Corker let loose Sunday against Trump after the president lashed out at him during a series of early morning Tweets.
Trump claimed among other things that Corker begged for his endorsement and then decided not to run again when he said no.
Corker hit back hard – at first, on Twitter.
"It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center,” the senator tweeted. “Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”
Corker was even more biting later Sunday when, in an interview with The New York Times, he warned that Trump’s threats to other countries could set the U.S. “on the path to World War III.” Corker also said the former reality show host approaches the presidency as if he were still doing “The Apprentice” and regularly tweets statements that everyone knows aren’t true.
The public spat between the Republican president and the Republican senator is just the latest sign of how much their relationship has worsened since last year, when Corker was considered a possible vice presidential running mate for Trump.
It’s also the latest example of the straight-talking approach Corker is taking in his final months in office.
In the two weeks since he announced he won’t run for a third term, Corker has not only feuded with president, he also has proclaimed that three of Trump’s top advisers are keeping the country from falling into chaos. He also has put Senate Republicans on notice that he won’t support any tax reform plan that adds “one penny” to the federal deficit.
