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President Trump on Monday tweeted his endorsement of Mitt Romney's run for Senate. Romney and Trump don't have a great relationship (see more below), but Romney accepted Trump's endorsement and thanked him on Twitter.

Go deeper: A timeline of Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship.

A timeline of Trump and Romney's tumultuous relationship.

Trump reverses course on Romney attacks, endorses him for Senate

Back in January, we chronicled their tumultuous relationship.

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<p>President Trump on Monday <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="tweeted" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965773283554668544" data-vars-content-id="ad4dbb8d-2f64-46b8-8ba9-8cc273288177" data-vars-headline="Trump reverses course on Romney attacks, endorses him for Senate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965773283554668544" target="_blank">tweeted</a> his endorsement of Mitt Romney&#x27;s run for Senate. Romney and Trump don&#x27;t have a great relationship (see more below), but Romney <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="accepted" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/965782061503062016" data-vars-content-id="ad4dbb8d-2f64-46b8-8ba9-8cc273288177" data-vars-headline="Trump reverses course on Romney attacks, endorses him for Senate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/965782061503062016" target="_blank">accepted</a> Trump&#x27;s endorsement and thanked him on Twitter.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965773283554668544"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <em><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="A timeline of Trump and Romney&#x27;s tumultuous relationship." data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/timeline-trump-and-romneys-tumultuous-relationship-1515110985-6fa76d0b-f8f9-4f77-810a-332527cab1f3.html" data-vars-content-id="ad4dbb8d-2f64-46b8-8ba9-8cc273288177" data-vars-headline="Trump reverses course on Romney attacks, endorses him for Senate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/timeline-trump-and-romneys-tumultuous-relationship-1515110985-6fa76d0b-f8f9-4f77-810a-332527cab1f3.html" target="_self">A timeline of Trump and Romney&#x27;s tumultuous relationship.</a></em></p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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