Donald Trump fires back at Mitt Romney: 'Be a team player'
President Donald Trump tore into Mitt Romney on Wednesday, a day after Utah’s senator-elect’s scathing op-ed in The Washington Post condemned the president’s behavior.
Trump, responding to the piece, tweeted that Romney, a former GOP presidential candidate, should be “happy for all Republicans” and took a dig at outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who frequently criticizes the president but largely votes in favor of his policies.
“Here we go with Mitt Romney,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “Question will be, is he a Flake? I hope not.”
He continued: “Would much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so many other things where he can be helpful. I won big, and he didn’t. He should be happy for all Republicans. Be a TEAM player & WIN!”
Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! Question will be, is he a Flake? I hope not. Would much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so many other things where he can be helpful. I won big, and he didn’t. He should be happy for all Republicans. Be a TEAM player & WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2019
Romney argued in his op-ed that the Trump administration has caused “dismay around the world” and that the president “has not risen to the mantle of the office.”
“It is well known that Donald Trump was not my choice for the Republican presidential nomination,” Romney wrote. “After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling. It did not.”
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
