After off-the-rails press conference, GOP senator suggests Trump 'should do this with a therapist, not with the country'

President Trump.
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President Trump's 76-minute-long press conference Thursday, which started as an announcement about his new labor secretary nominee Alex Acosta, quickly turned into Trump sounding off about Hillary Clinton and how he'd end up "in the electric chair" if he'd done what she did. After it ended, a Republican senator reportedly sent CNN's John King this text message:

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Trump's first solo press conference in office was announced less than two hours before it happened. Though Trump did ostensibly have news to share about the replacement of his previous labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, who withdrew from the running Wednesday, Time's Zeke Miller noted a senior administration official said Trump had just "walked into the Oval Office this morning and told aides he wanted to hold a press conference."

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