A day after Trump's vitriolic verbal attack, Republican Senator from Tennessee, Bob Corker, has hit back saying Trump is running the White House like a reality show and his reckless acts may push the United States to the World War III.
In what was described as "an extraordinary rebuke of a president of his own party", the New York Times quoted Corker saying "President Trump was treating his office like a reality show....like he’s doing ‘The Apprentice’ or something....and his reckless threats toward other countries could set the nation on the path to World War III." The Apprentice, a reality show judging business skills of its participants, was hosted by Donald Trump for many years.
Corker didn't stop at it. He further said that "Trump was a political novice who failed to make the transition from show business and with his irresponsible outbursts, every single day at the White House, it’s a situation of trying to contain him."
Senator Bob Corker @SenBobCorker
It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.
8:43 PM - 8 Oct 2017
https://twitter.com/SenBobCorker/status/917045348820049920
Corker also rejected Trump's claims that he had begged him for mercy. Donald Trump had tweeted yesterday to let the world know, “Corker begged me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee as he could not win without my endorsement.”
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Senator Bob Corker "begged" me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said "NO" and he dropped out (said he could not win without...
7:29 PM - 8 Oct 2017
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917026789188399105
Corker said in his New York Times interview that he had already decided that he would not seek re-election and it was instead Trump who was insisting him to run for re-election, “When I told him that that just wasn’t in the cards, he said, ‘You know, if you run, I’ll endorse you.’ I said, ‘Mr. President, it’s just not in the cards; I’ve already made a decision.’ So then we began talking about other candidates that were running.”
In his outburst against Corker yesterday, Trump had also reminded us that Corker was behind the ‘horrendous’ Iran nuclear Deal and that he wanted to be the US Secretary of State and that how Trump could have allowed the re-election of such a person! Conservative Republicans blame Corker for passage of Barack Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal as even if Corker sounded his opposition to the bill, he did not really act when it came to voting. Now Trump has threatened to decertify the Iran deal.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
..my endorsement). He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said "NO THANKS." He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!
7:39 PM - 8 Oct 2017
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917029060471152640
Senator Corker who also heads the powerful US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has been representing Tennessee since 2007. Last month, after weeks of speculation, he finally announced that he would not seek re-election the next year.
Corker is an influential voice on US foreign policy. And he is a strong supporter turned strong critic of Donald Trump, especially of his ways to handle issues like the North Korean nuclear tension or the changes he is trying to bring to the US tax regime.
And this strong rebuttal says Corker is expected to become even more critical of the Trump administration in the days to come, and as he is an influential voice, so, in a seemingly pre-emptive offensive, Trump has also tried to set the narrative from his perspective by saying that “he fully expects Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of his ‘great’ agenda.”
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
...Hence, I would fully expect Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. Didn't have the guts to run!
7:43 PM - 8 Oct 2017
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917030148867682304
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