Sen.
Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump’s
administration Monday evening, telling reporters the White House must
find a …
GOP Senator: White House In A ‘Downward Spiral’
Trump ally Bob Corker said the administration “has got to do something soon to bring itself under control.”
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Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump’s administration Monday evening, telling reporters the White House must find a way to reverse its “downward spiral.”
Corker,
a Trump ally who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made
the criticism following reports that the president revealed “highly
classified” information during a meeting with Russian officials last
week.
“The White House has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and in order. It’s got to happen,” Corker said on Capitol Hill.
“Obviously,
they’re in a downward spiral right now, and they’ve got to figure out a
way to come to grips [with] all that’s happening,” he added.
Top Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, disputed the reports,
saying that the president did not “discuss sources, methods or military
operations” with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian
Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Reports
in The Washington Post and other media outlets, however, did not say
the president discussed “sources, methods, or military operations” with
Russian officials, but did reveal intelligence from a secret source.
Tensions
appeared to be running high in the White House immediately after Post
published its story on Monday evening. A BuzzFeed reporter said on
Twitter he heard “yelling coming from the room” in
the White House where top Trump staffers, including press secretary
Sean Spicer and senior adviser Steve Bannon, were meeting.
House
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took a more careful approach. “The speaker
hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration,” a
spokesman said in a statement.
Several other House Republicans spoke out on Twitter:
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