Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., smacked back at President Trump after the president suggested the senator wasn’t running for re-election because the president wouldn’t endorse him.
‘It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center,’ Corker tweeted. ‘Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.’
As he was leaving the White House this morning to spend another day at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., the president dashed off three tweets bashing Corker, who has become exceedingly critical of the president.
‘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 my endorsement),’ Trump wrote. ‘He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said “NO THANKS.” He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!’
‘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!’ the president said.
An early supporter of Trump’s in the U.S. Senate, Corker knocked the president this week, hinting that he thought Trump was unstable.
President Trump (left) said on Twitter Sunday that retiring Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn (right), ‘begged’ him for an endorsement, which he would not give
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., smacked back at the president Sunday morning, saying the White House had ‘become an adult day care center’
President Trump alleged that Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ‘begged’ him for an endorsement and he said ‘NO’
This week, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told reporters that Secretaries Mattis and Tillerson along with Chief of Staff John Kelly ‘separate the country from chaos,’ a clear dig at President Trump
Without the Trump stamp of approval, the president suggested Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ‘Didn’t have the guts to run’ for another term. He’ll step down when his term runs out in 2019
‘I think Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis and Chief of Staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos,’ Corker said Wednesday.
Tillerson’s future with the administration has been in question after an NBC News report came out that said he had almost resigned in July and called the president a ‘moron’ at a Pentagon meeting.
The secretary of state was forced to trot out and make a public comment on the allegations, though didn’t deny he had called Trump such a name.
Beyond just suggesting that the trio of Tillerson, Kelly and Mattis are the adults in the room, Corker seriously questioned Trump’s job performance in the aftermath of the racial violence in Charlottesville, in which Trump had faulted ‘both sides’ as white supremacists and counter-protesters tussled in the Virginia town.
‘The President has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful,’ Corker said in August.
CNN reported that Trump and Corker had made up since then and the president wanted him to run again.
But 11 days ago, the Tennessee Republican announced his retirement.
Before Trump’s tweets Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had already taken on Corker for his ‘chaos’ remark.
‘I think the president is the one that’s keeping the world from chaos,’ she said at the press briefing Friday.
‘He has an incredible team around him that’s helping him lead that effort,’ she went on. ‘He’s had tremendous accomplishments on the international stage by working with allies and confronting enemies.’
‘We’re gonna continue doing that – we’re gonna continue doing that as a team with the president leading that effort,’ Huckabee Sanders added.
A spokesperson for Corker did not respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.