The Latest: Trump renews clash with Sen. Bob Corker

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to the Sevier County Chamber of Commerce in Sevierville, Tenn. Always one to speak his mind, Corker’s new free agent status should make President Donald Trump and the GOP very nervous. The two-term Tennessee Republican isn’t seeking re-election. And that gives him even more elbow room to say what he wants and vote how he pleases over the next 15 months as Trump and the party’s top leaders on Capitol Hill struggle to get their agenda on track (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File) FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to the Sevier County Chamber of Commerce in Sevierville, Tenn. Always one to speak his mind, Corker’s new free agent status should make President Donald Trump and the GOP very nervous. The two-term Tennessee Republican isn’t seeking re-election. And that gives him even more elbow room to say what he wants and vote how he pleases over the next 15 months as Trump and the party’s top leaders on Capitol Hill struggle to get their agenda on track (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

By Associated Press October 10, 2017 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans (all times local):

9:05 a.m.

President Donald Trump is escalating his clash with Sen. Bob Corker, saying the Tennessee Republican was “made to sound a fool” in a recent interview.

Trump says on Twitter Tuesday that “the Failing @nytimes set Liddle’ Bob Corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool, and that’s what I am dealing with!”

The feud between the president and a senator in his own party intensified over the weekend.