President trump just got a blistering salvo from another republican senator, arizonas jeff flake, who slammed the president on the senate floor while announcing he wont run for reelection in 2018. Flake, a trump critic who has been attacked repeatedly by the president , said reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior from the top of our government is dangerous to a democracy. He accused the president of the United States of undermining americas norms and values. And that came after the president went to capitol hill to talk tax reform with Senate Republicans over lunch. But there may have been cases of indigestion as the meal was proceeded today by a breathtaking war of words between the president and senator bob corker, who will also not run again in 2018. After corker urged the white house to leave tax reform to the professionals, the president lashed out on twitter, claiming falsely that corker helped president obama with the iran
far too many principles. We were not made great a
far too many principles. we were not made great as a country by indulge in or even exall thing our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorifying in the things that divide us, calling fake things true and true things fake. we did not become the beacon of freedom in the darkest corners of the world by flouting our institutions and failing to understand just how hard-won and vulnerable they are. this spell will eventually break. that is my belief. we will return to ourselves once more, and i say the sooner the better. reporter: just a remarkable speech there on the floor, and he got a standing ovation from some and a round of applause from some in that chamber this afternoon. now, the white house, wolf, in response, they suggested it is time for flake to retire. sarah sanders saying this is a good move and called his comments petty today. somebody trying to get a headline or two on his way out