Aug 25, 2017 - Politics & Policy

Trump shares private conversation after Corker criticisms

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Last weekend, Sen. Bob Corker told a local Tennessee newspaper that President Trump — among other things — "has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, that he needs to demonstrate in order for him to be successful." Trump responded on Friday:

Trump's tweet was perhaps prompted by a statement from Sarah Sanders at the White House press briefing yesterday after a reporter requested a response to Corker: "I think that's a ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesn't even require a response from this podium."

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