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Sen. Bob Corker: Donald Trump will start World War III on Twitter, basically

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2017 has been the worst. Let’s be honest. Just when we feel like we’re at rock bottom, there’s a whole new tragedy or catastrophe or terrible stunt. But in this year of awfulness, I’m shocked that there are a handful of arch-conservative Republicans who are consistently telling the truth about just how bad it is, just how awful Donald Trump is, and how our country is never going to be the same. For example: I’ve come really close to following neo-con douchebag Bill Kristol on Twitter, just because he’s en fuego when it comes to his Trump critiques. And now it’s Senator Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, former Trump supporter (during the campaign) and current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In the past few months, Corker has been increasingly critical of Trump’s words and actions related to various international situations (the Iran deal, North Korea, etc). I guess Corker’s criticism was getting to petty, childish, thin-skinned Trump, because Bigly tweeted this on Sunday morning:

Senator Bob Corker "begged" me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said "NO" and he dropped out (said he could not win without…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017

..my endorsement). He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said "NO THANKS." He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017

…Hence, I would fully expect Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. Didn't have the guts to run!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017

To which Corker replied:

It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.

— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) October 8, 2017

Corker wasn’t content to fight this out on Twitter either – late last night, the NYT published an interview with Corker and it is scorched-earth in Trumplandia. You can read it here:

Corker to NYT “I know for a fact that every single day at the White House it’s a situation of trying to contain him” https://t.co/ruXBj8Bm4u

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 9, 2017

Some sample quotes: “I don’t know why the president tweets out things that are not true. You know he does it, everyone knows he does it.” It’s “like he’s doing The Apprentice or something” and Trump is putting America “on the path to World War III.” Corker says, “I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it’s a situation of trying to contain him…I don’t think he appreciates that when the president of the United States speaks and says the things that he does, the impact that it has around the world, especially in the region that he’s addressing.”

Many have pointed out that NO DUH OF COURSE TRUMP IS LIKE THIS WE TOLD YOU HE WOULD BE LIKE THIS LAST YEAR but I guess we can celebrate that at least the the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Comm. has come to Jesus on this. And at least Corker is not pretending to be shocked at this brand-new information. Considering how dark, dystopian and cynical Trump’s campaign messaging was, it turns out that Republicans were wide-eyed optimists this whole time – they voted for a madman and honestly hoped for the best, hoped that they could control him. And they can’t control him. Which is what all of this is about.

Meanwhile, I looked outside yesterday and I was honestly struck with the thought of “I wonder what all of this is going to look like when nuclear war breaks out.”

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