A feud between Donald Trump and Bob Corker erupted in spectacular fashion, as the president called the Republican Tennessee senator “incompetent” and was in turn accused of “debasing” the US and being “utterly untruthful”.
Only hours before he was due at a Capitol Hill lunch with Republican senators about tax, Mr Trump lashed out at Mr Corker, who had urged him not to interfere in congressional efforts to pass tax reform.
“Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn’t get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts,” Mr Trump tweeted. “Isn’t it sad that lightweight Senator Bob Corker, who couldn’t get re-elected in the Great State of Tennessee, will now fight Tax Cuts plus”.