Trump mocks Republican senator's size
President Donald Trump  escalated  his  attacks on Sen. Bob Corker  a powerful Tennessee Republican  on Tuesday  calling  him  "Liddle " apparently mocking the senator's physical size.
 The president  has reportedly remarked on Corker's size before  telling aides that the 5-foot-7 lawmaker was too short to be his secretary of state  a position that Corker was reportedly in the running for.
Corker  who has been critical of  Trump  for the past several months  made headlines last week when  he  accused  Trump  of undermining Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's efforts to establish diplomatic channels with North Korea amid heightening tensions with the rogue nation. Corker also said that Tillerson  Defense Secretary James Mattis  and White House chief of staff John Kelly are "those people that help separate our country from chaos."
"Senator Bob Corker 'begged' me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee "  Trump  wrote in a pair of tweets. "I said 'NO' and  he  dropped out (said  he  could not win without...my endorsement).  He  also wanted to be Secretary of State  I said 'NO THANKS.'  He  is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!"
In response   Trump  accused the Times of secretly recording Corker's interview  despite the senator's explicit acknowledgement at the beginning of the interview that it was being recorded both by the Times and by two of  his  aides.
"The Failing @nytimes set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording  his  conversation " the president wrote. "Was made to sound a fool  and that's what I am dealing with!"
 Trump  has a history of assigning unflattering nicknames to politicians  he  dislikes — calling Sen. Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted" and Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" — and  he 's repeatedly made remarks  both degrading and complimentary  about the stature of male politicians.
 He  took to calling Sen. Marco Rubio "Little Marco" during the 2016 presidential campaign  and recently dubbed Alabama Sen. Luther Strange  who is 6-foot-9  "Big Luther."
[TGT]escalated  [TGT]  attacks on Sen. Bob Corker  a powerful Tennessee Republican  on Tuesday  calling  [TGT]  "Liddle " apparently mocking the senator's physical size.
 [TGT]has reportedly remarked on Corker's size before  telling aides that the 5-foot-7 lawmaker was too short to be his secretary of state  a position that Corker was reportedly in the running for.
Corker  who has been critical of [TGT]for the past several months  made headlines last week when  he  accused  [TGT]  of undermining Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's efforts to establish diplomatic channels with North Korea amid heightening tensions with the rogue nation. Corker also said that Tillerson  Defense Secretary James Mattis  and White House chief of staff John Kelly are "those people that help separate our country from chaos."
"Senator Bob Corker 'begged' me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee "  Trump  wrote in a pair of tweets. "I said 'NO' and  he  dropped out (said  he  could not win without...my endorsement).  He  also wanted to be Secretary of State  I said 'NO THANKS.'  He  is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!"
In response   Trump  accused the Times of secretly recording Corker's interview  despite the senator's explicit acknowledgement at the beginning of the interview that it was being recorded both by the Times and by two of  his  aides.
"The Failing @nytimes set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording  his  conversation " the president wrote. "Was made to sound a fool  and that's what I am dealing with!"
 Trump  has a history of assigning unflattering nicknames to politicians  he  dislikes — calling Sen. Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted" and Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" — and  he 's repeatedly made remarks  both degrading and complimentary  about the stature of male politicians.
 He  took to calling Sen. Marco Rubio "Little Marco" during the 2016 presidential campaign  and recently dubbed Alabama Sen. Luther Strange  who is 6-foot-9  "Big Luther."