Tennessee Republican Senator, Bob Corker, who has been embroiled in an all day long war of words with President Trump, has fired back at the president’s latest tweets, telling ABC News today that he believes the “utterly untruthful” commander in chief is “debasing” the United States.

“I don’t think there’s any question that that’s the case just in the way he conducts himself, and goes to such a low level; I just, I do,” the Tennessee senator said of the president’s behaviour in an hallway interview on Capitol Hill.

“The worst of it is going to be the whole debasing of our nation. I think that will be the contribution that hurts our nation most”, he added.

Asked whether he considered the president a liar, Corker said they don’t use that “word in our family” but hammered that Trump is “utterly untruthful.”

“You would think he would try to focus on things where there wasn’t a witness, but the whole world is a witness to these untruths,” Corker said.

Also, when asked whether he regrets supporting the president during the campaign and the early days of his administration, Corker smiled and asked, “What do you think?”

“There were many people; I was one of those that hoped he would rise to the occasion as president and aspire to lead our nation instead of dividing it,” Corker said, while adding that, “[Trump] hasn’t risen to the occasion.”

The latest spat between the duo stemmed from Corker’s early morning interview on “Good Morning America”, where he reiterated his description of the White House as an “adult day care center” and argued that President Trump is putting the United States on a path toward “World War III”.

“I don’t make comments I haven’t thought about,” Corker told “Good Morning America”.

Furthermore, Corker who was an early Trump ally, suggested that when it comes to the diplomatic efforts underway to manage the rising tensions with North Korea, he would like for Trump to “leave it to the professionals for a while.”

“The president undermines our secretary of state [and] raises tensions in the area by virtue of the tweets that he sends out,” Corker told “GMA.”

In addition, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman also wish to see the president recuse himself from the tax debate, so as to brighten its chances.

“What I hope is going to happen is the president will leave this effort, if you will, to the tax-writing committees, let them do their work and not begin taking things off the table that ought to be debated in these committees at the proper time”, he stressed.

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