Donald Trump takes to Twitter to attack a Republican Senator, because why not...nothing else going on in the world.

Senator Bob Corker "begged" me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said "NO" and he dropped out (said he could not win without...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017

..my endorsement). He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said "NO THANKS." He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017

...Hence, I would fully expect Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. Didn't have the guts to run!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017

Okay now try not to act shocked, but as it turns out Donnie boy is lying again.

Courtesy of CNN:  

President Donald Trump's tweets Sunday morning claiming he denied Sen. Bob Corker's request for an endorsement are false, two sources familiar with the discussions said. 

Trump told Corker he was going to endorse him the day the Tennessee Republican announced his intention to retire, the sources said. 

"The President called the senator early last week and asked him to reconsider his decision not to seek re-election and reaffirmed that he would have endorsed him, as he has said many times," one of the sources said.

I know, it's like lying is just easier for Cheeto Hitler than telling the truth.

This latest flare up is most likely the result of remarks Corker made earlier in the week in response to questions concerning the possibility that Rex Tillerson might be on the outs with Trump:

"I think Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis, and Chief of Staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos, and I support them very much," the Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee told reporters Wednesday on Capitol Hill. 

When asked about the relationship between President Donald Trump and Tillerson, which is reportedly on thin ice, Corker suggested that the secretary of state doesn't have the support he needs from the President. 

"I mean, look, I see what's happening here," Corker said. "I deal with people throughout the administration and (Tillerson), from my perspective, is in an incredibly frustrating place, where, as I watch, OK, and I can watch very closely on many occasions, I mean you know, he ends up being not being supported in the way I would hope a secretary of state would be supported, that's just from my vantage point."

Corker, who is not seeking reelection and therefore has nothing to lose, did not hold back in response to Trump's Twitter tirade either.

It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.

— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) October 8, 2017

I swear if I eat one more mouthful of popcorn I am going explode.

The history of the Karl Rove/Sarah Palin feud.

I did not realize how long the back and forths had been going on, but this started essentially as soon as McCain chose Palin as his running mate.

Personally I found this list by New York Magazine fascinating. I think you will too:

September 1, 2008: Rove, a Republican ostensibly trying to help the Republicans win the presidential race, suggested that the selection of Palin as John McCain's running mate was "not a governing decision but a campaign decision." 

September 19, 2008: Rove reiterated the point by telling the AP that Palin was a "political pick" and was not the most qualified candidate for the job. 

September 24, 2008: Asked whether Palin would make a good president, Rove responded, "I don't know." It is becoming clear that Rove is not really a Palin fan. 

November 13, 2008: After the election, Rove said that if Palin "wants to run for president she's gonna have to get somebody to move to Anchorage, Alaska and help her take her game to another level." Tough but fair. 

July 5, 2009: Rove said he was "perplexed" by Palin's decision to abruptly resign her governorship before her term was up. "It is not clear what her strategy here is by exiting the governorship 2 1/2 years through the term and putting herself on the national stage that she may not yet be prepared to operate in," he said. 

September 15, 2010: After Rove slammed Christine O'Donnell for being probably one of the worst Senate candidates of all time, Palin, who endorsed O'Donnell, struck back against the "good old boy" and his establishment mindset. "Well, bless his heart," Palin said on Fox News. "We love our friends, they’re in the machine, the expert politicos. But my message to those who say that the GOP nominee is not electable, or that they’re not even going to try, well I say, ‘buck up!’” 

October 27, 2010: As Palin's reality show was about to debut, Rove implied to the Telegraph that she lacked the "level of gravitas" that voters look for in presidents. "With all due candor, appearing on your own reality show on the Discovery Channel, I am not certain how that fits in the American calculus of 'that helps me see you in the Oval Office."

October 31, 2010: Palin insisted that Sarah Palin's Alaska was not a reality show but a show "documenting Alaska’s resources." Therefore, "Karl is wrong right there in calling it a reality show." Okay. 

March 7, 2011: As detailed in the very pages of New York, Rove did a "withering impersonation of Palin" for writer Joe Hagan: "'Did you see that?' he says, adopting a high, sniveling Palin accent: 'Holy crap! That fish hit my thigh! It hurts!’” Amazing. 

August 23, 2011: For whatever reason, Palin lashed out at Rove after he predicted that she would run for president in 2012. "Any professional pundit claiming to have 'inside information' regarding Gov. Palin's personal decision is not only wrong but their comments are specifically intended to mislead the American public," Palin's PAC said in a statement. 

August 24, 2011: Rove fired back the next day. "It is a sign of enormous thin skin if we speculate about her, she gets upset," he said on Fox News, "and I suspect if we didn't speculate about her, she'd be upset and trying to find a way to get us to speculate about her." 

March 7, 2012: In a private conference call, Rove declared that Palin's endorsement of Newt Gingrich "demonstrated that endorsements don’t mean snot." 

March 16, 2013: Palin referred to Rove by his nickname, the Architect, in a scathing CPAC speech over the weekend. "If these experts who keep losing elections and keep getting rehired and getting millions — if they feel that strong about who gets to run in this party, then they should buck up or stay in the truck," Palin said. "Buck up or run. The architects can head on back to the great Lone Star State and put their name on some ballot — though for their sakes, I hope they give themselves a discount on their consulting services." 

March 17, 2013: Rove's comeback came the next morning. "If I did run for office and win," he said on Fox News Sunday, "I would serve out my term and I wouldn't leave office midterm."

God that was fun!

You know my favorite part of this is that Rove and Palin are being used by many in the media as the figureheads for the two sides of the current Republican party schism. Which is amazing if you think about it, because that means the Republican party is sort of unofficially represented by a failed politician/reality show participant and a disgraced political operative whose own boss referred to him as "Turblossom."

In other words, the Republican party may be in even MORE trouble than many of us imagined.

P.S. At the link New York Magazine has provided links to the articles it cites if you are interested in reading more.