President Trump engaged in a public dispute with Senator Tom Cotton on Saturday, urging supporters to call the Republican lawmaker after the president leaked Cotton’s personal cell phone number on social media.
In a Truth Social post early Saturday, Trump encouraged his followers to contact Cotton to advocate for a bill that would establish permanent daylight saving time. The move intensified a growing rift between the commander-in-chief and the Arkansas senator over the proposed legislative change.
The incident highlights the increasingly combative tone between Trump and members of his own party when policy disagreements arise, as the president utilized his digital platform to apply direct pressure on Cotton regarding the daylight saving time measure.
This highlights how personal politics have become. Using your platform to harass colleagues like this sets a dangerous precedent.
Wait, the president is fighting with lawmakers over clocks? We have bigger problems, but I guess this is entertaining drama.
Permanent daylight saving time sounds terrible for winter mornings. This whole drama is just a distraction from real issues.
I can’t believe he actually leaked a senator’s private number over a time change. That is wildly inappropriate.