Trump's tweetstorm against Corker may cost him a key policy ally
By Karoun Demirjian October 8 at 3:38 PM
President Trump has his fair share of critics in Congress, but with one Sunday morning tweetstorm, he has risked making a policy rival out of someone who could have counted as an ally for his agenda.
Trump’s Twitter rant against Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) comes just days before Trump is expected to announce that he will not certify Iran is in compliance with the nuclear pact with reached with world powers in 2015, the first in a highly orchestrated series of steps that White House, State Department and congressional officials — primarily Corker, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — have been planning for months.
It also comes as Congress is diving into tax reform, a must-win issue for the GOP if it hopes to check off any bit of its promised agenda in 2017. Corker is one of the Senate’s most committed deficit hawks and outspoken members on tax policy. But Corker is now also a free agent, after announcing last month that he would not seek reelection in 2018. Trump focused on that decision in his Sunday morning tirade against Corker, in which he accused the senator of “begging” for an endorsement Trump refused — prompting Corker to tweet that someone had “obviously missed their shift” at the “adult day care center” the White House had become.
Corker is known for his blunt and witty commentary delivered with a thick Tennessee drawl, but for months, he softened any public criticism of the Trump administration with carefully worded praise.
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I believe a bottom-line question is: how much will Repugs put up with in order to get some/part/all (well, OK, not all!) of their agenda through?
Example: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (AKA: "Granny"
has been humiliated SO long and hard and yet stays there. Why?
Example: Senator Mitch (TURTLE) McConnell - same story - made to look like a horse's ass (well, he does that on his own, but Trump has highlighted it on several occasions!) and yet he's still fighting the fight for Orange Cheat-o. Why?
I honestly believe that so much of this "drama" from Orange Cheat-o is that he has NO vision, NO plan, NO idea of where to lead or what to do - NO DREAM FOR AMERICA - just his wallet.
Oh, and to F**K over ANYBODY that pisses him off!!!!!!