NASHVILLE — Ongoing tensions between President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., erupted into a Twitter fight Sunday after the president laid into the Tennessee senator, saying among other things that Corker had “begged” for Trump’s support for a re-election which the president said he refused to do.
The senator, who has been increasingly critical of Trump and last month announced he won’t seek re-election, soon fired back with his own tweet:
“It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center,” Corker wrote. “Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”
Sunday morning began with a blast as Trump tweeted three times about Corker, a former Chattanooga mayor.
“Senator Bob Corker ‘begged’ me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee,” Trump wrote in the first. “I said ‘NO’ and he dropped out (said he could not win without my endorsement).”