Leading
Republican Senator says Trump treating the Presidency like a reality
show
Top ranking Republican Senator Bob
Corker (R-TN), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, expressed concerns Sunday that President Trump’s
reckless threats toward other counties “could set the nation on
the path to World War III.”
Trump spent the better part of the
weekend on Twitter angrily condemning Corker, accusing him of being
behind the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, and saying he’s not running
for another term in office because “he doesn’t have the guts.”
Corker said that top
administration officials are constantly trying to protect Trump from
his own interests, and much of the work of today’s White House is
“a situation of trying to contain him.”
Corker went on to say Trump’s
irresponsible outbursts should be concerning to all Americans, and
that he’s treating the presidency like it’s a reality television
show. He also said Trump’s Twitter outbursts have in several
instances harmed diplomatic efforts of Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson.
While Trump has yet to respond to
Corker’s latest comments, the last thing he’d said earlier in the
day was that he expects Corker to “be a negative voice and stand
in the way of our great agenda.”
Sen. Corker’s comments are an
unprecedentedly public rebuke of Trump from his own party, but are
seen as reflective of some other Republican leaders who are
uncomfortable with Trump’s volatile behavior. It may also be a
bigger problem than Trump expects if he’s totally alienated Corker,
as the Republican majority in the Senate is small, and losing a top
leader’s public loyalty could easily cost him some close votes.
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