Trump in tax meeting amid fight with Republican senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump began talks with Republican senators on Tuesday to try to build consensus for proposed tax cuts in a meeting that was overshadowed by an exchange of insults between the president and one of the lawmakers.
 Trump  has asked  his  fellow Republicans who control Congress to pass a package of tax cuts  including a deep reduction in the corporate income tax  by yearâs end.
But hours before  he  was to promote the tax plan at a weekly lunch for Republican senators on Capitol Hill   Trump  engaged in a distracting tussle with one of those lawmakers: Bob Corker  a leading fiscal hawk and the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
âBob Corker  who ... couldnât get elected dog catcher in Tennessee  is now fighting Tax Cuts â  Trump  wrote on Twitter  later adding that the senator is âincompetent.â
 Trump  arrived at the Capitol building with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the lunch and gave a thumbs up to waiting reporters.
A protester threw a handful of small Russian flags toward  Trump  and shouted comments about accusations of collusion between his presidential campaign and Moscow. Both  Trump  and Russia deny colluding but a special counsel appointed by the U.S. Justice Department and congressional committees are looking into the matter.
Alienating any members of his own party could be costly for  Trumpâs  legislative initiatives in the Senate because Republicans control the chamber by just a slim 52-48 margin.
Corker warned  Trump  in television interviews against interfering in congressional efforts to finalize the legislation to cut taxes and called the presidentâs visit with Senate Republicans âa photo op.â
Corker also described  Trump  in a Twitter post as âan utterly untruthful president â and in television interviews accused  Trump  of debasing the United States.
 U.S. President Donald Trump  walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as  he  arrives for the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington  U.S.  October 24  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -  [TGT]  began talks with Republican senators on Tuesday to try to build consensus for proposed tax cuts in a meeting that was overshadowed by an exchange of insults between the president and one of the lawmakers.
  [TGT] has asked   [TGT]   fellow Republicans who control Congress to pass a package of tax cuts  including a deep reduction in the corporate income tax  by yearâs end.
But hours before   [TGT]   was to promote the tax plan at a weekly lunch for Republican senators on Capitol Hill   Trump  engaged in a distracting tussle with one of those lawmakers: Bob Corker  a leading fiscal hawk and the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
âBob Corker  who ... couldnât get elected dog catcher in Tennessee  is now fighting Tax Cuts â   [TGT]   wrote on Twitter  later adding that the senator is âincompetent.â
  [TGT] arrived at the Capitol building with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the lunch and gave a thumbs up to waiting reporters.
A protester threw a handful of small Russian flags toward   [TGT] and shouted comments about accusations of collusion between his presidential campaign and Moscow. Both   [TGT] and Russia deny colluding but a special counsel appointed by the U.S. Justice Department and congressional committees are looking into the matter.
Alienating any members of his own party could be costly for  Trumpâs  legislative initiatives in the Senate because Republicans control the chamber by just a slim 52-48 margin.
Corker warned   [TGT]   in television interviews against interfering in congressional efforts to finalize the legislation to cut taxes and called the presidentâs visit with Senate Republicans âa photo op.â
Corker also described   [TGT] in a Twitter post as âan utterly untruthful president â and in television interviews accused  Trump  of debasing the United States.
 U.S. President Donald Trump  walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as  he  arrives for the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington  U.S.  October 24  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts