Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 8/24/16. Senator Bob Corker speaks during the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement Sunday praising President Donald Trump's first overseas trip as president.
"I spoke with President Trump at length this morning and told him that I could not be more pleased with his first international trip," Corker said. "The trip was executed to near perfection and it appears the president has made great progress on the broad range of objectives his team articulated to me when I met with senior White House and State Department officials during their preparations."
Corker commended Trump's foreign policy team, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Adviser H.L. McMaster, and senior advisders Jared Kushner and Dina Powell, with whom he conferred before the trip.
"President Trump should be commended on the success of this trip, and I look forward to continuing our work together to address numbers of important issues. The challenges we face around the world are vast, but with a strategic focus on our long-term goals, I am confident we can reassert U.S. leadership, strengthen key alliances and improve security both at home and abroad," Corker said.