President Trump has one thing to say: I know you are, but what am I?
On Tuesday, Trump was asked for his response to a Washington Post opinion column proclaiming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) "is a Russian asset." "I think The Washington Post is a Russian asset," Trump said before going on to relay this odd sentence.
Trump's Post insults may seem better suited for a playground than a White House, but they're far from the first time he's called himself rubber and accused someone else of being glue. Take Trump's performance during a 2016 presidential debate with Hillary Clinton where, when she called him a "puppet" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he responded: "No puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet!"
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Last November, an ABC News reporter asked Trump about a poll that questioned whether the president's rhetoric was encouraging violence. "You're creating violence by your question," Trump shot back. There's also the time House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) complained about Trump's then-Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker not being Senate approved. "Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate," Trump responded in a tweet, citing former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
And just last week, Trump added another unoriginal insult to the playbook. When Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) labeled him a racist, Trump responded by suggesting "racist Elijah Cummings" is overlooking the people of his Baltimore-area district.
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