Posted on 10/10/2017 10:11:18 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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.”
Mr. Tillerson initially did not deny it, but later had a spokeswoman insist he did not say it. The president, in a new interview with Forbes magazine, said he considered it “fake news” but added that if it were true, he would beat Mr. Tillerson in an I.Q. contest.
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Maybe Pence or Cruz.
Oh, look! Previously banned Anti-Trumper reaganaut1 is back posting Anti-Trump comments on the wrong site AGAIN!
You need to be rebanned! And while you take your timeout, just toodle on over to therightstuff dot com where they’ll just LOVE your anti-Trumpism!
The Democrats would DESTROY a person like Corker, who sought to undermine a Democrat president. They would annihilate him. The leadership would be the most vicious. The Democrats simply do not allow this level of traitorous backstabbing.
McConnell, by contrast, backed Corker. That’s what Trump is up against, and you seem oblivious to it. A retiring senator attempted a complete sabotage of a sitting president from his own party, and the party leaders came out in support of the saboteur. Let that sink in.
While you try to grasp the depth of the swamp that is attempting to destroy Trump, others of us will cheer him on. He shouldn’t have to do this. McConnell should have read Corker the riot act. But as long as it’s Trump against the swamp—including Ryan and McConnell—I will back Trump.
You need to change your screen name and then your posting sites.
If you don't donate at least $ 365 to FR each year, leave, because your attitude stinks...in fact donate the money and then leave, just come back for the donations.
I’ll take rude and crass that gets things done over refined etiquette do-nothings.
Decorum is over-rated.
Corker is an ASSHOLE. You know it and I know it. The GOPe is full of ASSHOLES who are never ever held accountable by us.
It is about time someone calls Corker, etc. out. Trump is a lot more polite than I would be. Calling him short? Ha! Corker is a lying POS who is a useful tool for the Democrats. Those DC Bastards need to be called out at best.
Go Away! Dry DU! Trump is twice the President Ronald Reagan was, and I loved and worked with him when he was our governor.
Corker is, tragically, my senator. I say, bring it on, Mr President, bring it on. You’ve got a country to save.
Neither one of those two would have won in 2016, and I suspect the political landscape won’t be any different for them in 2020.
Corker’s “short other places as well!” I guess President Trump just kicked sand in Corker’s elevator shoes.
[You’re probably on the wrong site.]
Yeah, no kidding.
No, Trump acts like someone who has GOT Corker’s number. Corker brought NOTHING to the table to be SecState— except continuation of the Hitlery cash cow collection machine for... himself and his buddies who were promised first crack at the privatization of the Tennesee Valley Authority (offered by obamaumao... all through the obamaumaocare debate and right through the Iran nuke Deal, which was set up to pay the Russians for US sourced uranium, refined to fuel for the Iranian reactors). Try to keep up, or maybe find another blog to make comments about “acting like” as opposed to having a considerable amount of inside info on the little hitler former mayor of Chattanooga lickspittle rino.
Incidentally, Reagan would not have tolerated one iota of the shiite Corker (and Alexander) put out with the Corker Bill obviating (anti-constitutionally) the Senate’s role/percentage requirement for treaty ratification. Neither Reagan nor Casey would have tolerated this. You are clearly confused— well confused by the Deep State.
Sessions, that nice well mannered gentleman from the South is just doing such a swell job as AG. /s
Apparently the only way to get someone strong to stand up to the liberal hate storm is to have comments like this happen.
Corker is a short butt little jerk...
After listening to Corker, I dispute your assertion that he's on Trump's side. Or vice versa, how does it help Corker by getting into pi**ing matches with people like Trump who are on your side?
“How, exactly, does it help to get into p***ing matches with people who are on your side? “
Because you need to take out the trash when you realize that they are NOT on your side. Corker will F*ck Trump every chance he gets now that he’s decided not to run.
In other news DiFi has decided to run for another term. I guess she’s hoping to get a State Funeral.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Well said.
Agree with your statement... but would edit it to say “re-constructive creative tactics, masquerading in the best form of jiu-jitsu tactics, as insanity”. Crazy like a fox. Shaking up the Beltway cartel of trough eating dem-rep pig sloppers, who have eaten out our very substance (reference: The Declaration of Independence on King George’s violations).
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