Sen. Bob Corker took a shot at President Trump on Sunday amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, accusing the president of being involved in a “made-up fight” and telling Americans to focus on a “significant thing like pulling out of Syria” — sparking a war of words between the two Republicans.
Corker, R-Tenn., the retiring junior lawmaker from Tennessee, has stepped up his criticism of Trump since announcing he would not run for a third term and — in the final weeks of his term — Corker has blasted the president for both the government shutdown and for his announcement that he was pulling U.S. troops out of war-torn Syria.
“This is a made up fight so the president can look like he’s fighting and winning,” Corker said of the shutdown on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “This is made up fight. I would tell Americans to turn this off and focus on a significant thing like pulling out of Syria.”
Trump was quick to respond to Corker’s comments on Sunday – calling the senator out on social media for poor polling numbers after the president failed to endorse him. Corker has denied this and has claimed Trump actually had called him to ask the Tennessee lawmaker to run again.
…..Bob Corker was responsible for giving us the horrible Iran Nuclear Deal, which I ended, yet he badmouths me for wanting to bring our young people safely back home. Bob wanted to run and asked for my endorsement. I said NO and the game was over. #MAGA I LOVE TENNESSEE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
“Bob Corker was responsible for giving us the horrible Iran Nuclear Deal, which I ended, yet he badmouths me for wanting to bring our young people safely back home,” Trump tweeted. “Bob wanted to run and asked for my endorsement. I said NO and the game was over. #MAGA I LOVE TENNESSEE!” – READ MORE