Trump on Saturday ridiculed Mitt Romney for his 2012 White House loss — one day after the Utah senator said he was “sickened” by the president's actions as detailed in Robert Mueller’s report
Friday that he was “sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President.”
The Utah senator also said he was “appalled” that individuals associated with Trump’s 2016 campaign “welcomed help from Russia” — which Romney was roundly dismissed for naming as America’s greatest geopolitical foe during a 2012 debate with Obama. Romney and Trump’s weekend swipes represent the latest in a years-long series of rhetorical barbs exchanged between the Republican Party’s two most recent presidential nominees.tweetIn January 2019, two days before Romney was set to be sworn in as Utah’s junior senator, he wrote in an
for The Washington Post that Trump “has not risen to the mantle” of his office, and that the president’s “words and actions have caused dismay around the world.”that he would “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!”
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