Corker: Trump criticism had been 'building for some time'
By Manu Raju, CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent
Updated 11:24 PM ET, Mon October 16, 2017
(CNN)He called the White House "an adult day care center." He suggested President Donald Trump was setting the nation on a course to "World War III." And he said Trump "concerns me," adding that the President was treating the office "like a reality show."
And on Monday, Sen. Bob Corker stood by those remarks, adding: "My thoughts were well thought out."
"Look, I didn't just blurt them out," Corker, a Tennessee Republican, told CNN. "My comments -- my comments, I stand by them -- yes."
Corker also added a fresh complication to the intensifying White House push to overhaul the tax code, saying that he would oppose any tax-cut bill that would raise the deficit. "No," Corker said when asked if he would back a tax plan that would hike the deficit. "I mean, I've stated that clearly."
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