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The Note: What's dangerously serious about Trump's feud with Corker - ABC News

posted onOctober 10, 2017
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Article snippet: THE TAKE with ABC News' Rick Klein What happened to the calm part? The storms have begun, and just might spill over into real wars before they're done. Sen. Bob Corker’s public feud with President Trump is no mere war of words, even in the Trumpian insult era. Corker is blowing the lid off of months of private frustrations and worries, harbored by erstwhile allies of the president, that the commander-in-chief is reckless, dishonest and could put the nation "on the path to World War III," as Corker told The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin. "He would have to concern anyone who cares about our nation," Corker said. Combine that with the tensions between Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Trump and Chief of Staff John Kelly, and this has far bigger consequences than your typical Twitter feud. Just words? Perhaps. But they are words that are spurring confrontation with a nuclear-armed North Korea, and more words will come this week that could lead Iran to restart its own nuclear program. Corker’s reference to the White House as an "adult day care center" suggests that grown-ups are ultimately in charge. This may be the week that tests that proposition, and sorts out high-level presidential strategy from absolute and dangerous recklessness. Deal or no deal? Does the president even want a deal? Issues that affect the nation and the world do not get solved in a vacuum, and the Trump White House should know that by now. President Trump may have wanted s... Link to the full article to read more

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