F*ck Yourself': GOP Senator’s Private Messages To Trump Are Brutal

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis apparently had quite a bit to say to Donald Trump behind the scenes.

Newly revealed text messages show Tillis pushing back forcefully against the president during their increasingly bitter political feud. In one message, Tillis told Trump that he had never been directly threatened with a primary contest—and said that if Trump had actually made such a threat, he would have told him to “f*ck yourself” and immediately announced his retirement, Politico Playbook reports.

Tillis also made clear that his criticism of Trump wasn't coming from a desire to see the president fail. Quite the opposite, he said, explaining that he still wanted to help but wasn't willing to put up with Trump's treatment of him.

“I don’t take this bullsh*t from anyone, including you,” Tillis wrote, adding that Trump should save the threats and games for people who didn't care whether he succeeded.

“I care if you fail,” Tillis continued, “and right now we are failing.”

The messages, obtained by the outlet and set to appear in Tillis' forthcoming book, offer a remarkably blunt insight into the Republican senator's deteriorating relationship with Trump.

The exchange followed Trump's public attacks on Tillis, in which the president called him “weak and ineffective,” a “Nitpicker,” and a “QUITTER” after Tillis announced that he would retire rather than seek reelection.

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Trump Just Floated The Idea Of Jailing Reporters Over Leaks

Just days after Donald Trump was forced to lift his White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO, the president is now floating the notion of jailing reporters over leaks.

On September 18, Trump announced that he was banning the trio of media outlets for "their constant 'reporting' of FAKE NEWS!" All three outlets sued, and a 14-day temporary restraining order against the ban was implemented by Trump-appointed Judge Timothy Kelly, which ordered the outlets' access to be restored.

Despite that TRO, the president continues to target CNN specifically, with the outlet being removed from the press pool traveling with Trump during his trips to Texas and Oklahoma.

Following a rally for Ken Paxton in Texas, Trump spoke from the tarmac in Dallas, where a reporter confronted him: "You've been critical of CNN and other media outlets for their coverage."

Before the reporter could even finish their sentence, Trump interjected, "They're terrible!"

"What do you feel about those who feel like you’re doing too much with your executive power, you’re using it too much to go after political opponents, against the media," the reporter continued to press, "Things like that?"

Trump's response was beyond unsettling:

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'They Voted Against Me': Trump Says Quiet Part LOUD; Regrets His SCOTUS Picks

In his sprawling new interview with TIME, President Donald Trump finally said the quiet part out loud with respect to his Supreme Court justice picks -- Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett -- flat-out admitting that he regrets all three of them because they "voted against me too often."

Trump's entire second presidential term has been inundated with one Supreme Court defeat after another, despite his best efforts to stack the highest Court in the land with his own devout loyalists. In February, the SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not, in fact, give him the authority to implement his sweeping emergency tariffs. Kavanaugh dissented, while Gorsuch and Barrett joined the controlling opinion.

Just a few short months later, Trump was hammered again when the Supreme Court rejected his attempt to impose severe restrictions on birthright citizenship. Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal-leaning justices in striking down Trump's attempt as unconstitutional. Kavanaugh joined a separate majority that concluded the restrictions violated federal law. Gorsuch dissented.

Just one day before that loss, the Supreme Court blocked his efforts to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a 5-4 decision.

When asked point-blank in the TIME interview whether he regretted his SCOTUS choices, Trump did not mince his words.

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