Republican Senator Thom Tillis threatened to reveal President Donald Trump’s phone number during an appearance on "The View," after Trump posted Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton's personal cell phone number on Truth Social to pressure him into supporting a bill regarding daylight saving time. The incident occurred as part of promotional discussions for Tillis's upcoming book, which includes private exchanges with the president and disputes the claim that Trump forced him out of office.
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Republican Senator Thom Tillis, an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, appeared on The View on Monday where he threatened to reveal Trump's phone number if the president doxxed him. This came after Trump shared the cell phone number of fellow Republican Senator Tom Cotton on his platform Truth Social. During the appearance, Sunny Hostin referenced Tillis' book How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, which includes private text exchanges where Trump called Tillis a "loser" and took credit for forcing him out of the Senate. The context of their tension stems from last year's disagreement over what Trump dubbed the "Big, Beautiful Bill," indicating ongoing friction between the two.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis suggested that he was not afraid to share President Donald Trump’s phone number after the commander-in-chief doxxed a fellow GOP senator on Truth Social.
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commander → suggest → Social
The outgoing North Carolina senator, currently promoting his forthcoming book How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, made the remark on Monday’s The View when one of the hosts referenced how Trump shared the cell phone number of Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.
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Trump → promote → Cotton
Tillis, one of Trump’s most outspoken GOP critics after the two clashed over the “Big, Beautiful Bill” last year, issued the threat after he was asked about the publication of expletive private text messages with the president in his book.
“In the book, you include some private exchanges with the president after he called you a ‘loser’ and took credit for forcing you out of the Senate, actually,” Sunny Hostin said to Tillis.
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Hostin → clash → Tillis
“You claim to have written him denying his account and saying, ‘I would have immediately told you to go blank yourself’ and ‘I don’t take this BS from anyone, including you, Mr. President.’
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I → claim → you
Did you hear back from him?”
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you → hear → him
Tillis told Hostin, “Actually, we’ve talked or texted back and forth several times since then,” before Anna Navarro interjected by saying, “He’s gonna give your phone away after this!”
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He → tell → this
With a stern expression and without a laugh, Tillis quipped, “With all due respect, I have his number, too,” prompting nervous laughter from the panel and applause from the studio audience.
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I → quip → audience
In the book, Tillis refuted the president’s claim that he forced him out of the Senate.
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he → refute → Senate
He wrote that he would not accept Trump’s “bull****” and, if the president had threatened him, he would have promptly told him to “f*** yourself.”
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he → write → yourself
Despite their differences, Tillis told the co-hosts that he still believes that Trump is a “great political force.”
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Trump → tell → hosts
Trump posted Cotton’s personal cell phone number to pressure him into supporting the Sunshine Protection Act – a bill that passed the House in July to make daylight saving time permanent.
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time → post → July
“For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it's very easy to do, it only takes one!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
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Trump → stop → Social
Part of his argument in favor of the bill is that it would give professional golfers more time on the greens.
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it → give → greens
“The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Daylight in the afternoon in order to finish their Tournaments,” the president argued.
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president → need → Tournaments
“Almost everybody wants “The Sunshine Protection Act” to pass, except for Tom Cotton,” Trump continued in the lengthy post.
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Trump → want → post
“To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate, and for America, itself.”
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it → let → America
Cotton responded to the threat Saturday on social media, where he doubled down on his position.
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he → respond → position
“No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter,” he said.
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he → like → winter
“Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first.”
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I → want → Arkansas
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