--- title: John Podesta Responds to Donald Trump's G20 Tweet description: John Podesta took to Twitter to respond to President Trump's tweet from the G-20 summit calling him "disgraceful" canonical: https://time.com/4849219/john-podesta-president-trump-tweets-g20/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-07T16:14:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:22:15.053Z article:section: Politics og:title: John Podesta Tells President Trump to 'Get a Grip' After G20 Tweet og:description: Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman took to Twitter to respond to Trump og:url: https://time.com/4849219/john-podesta-president-trump-tweets-g20/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5cb2c12d133712fb/6988aa1ffb4eace7f688f7ac/john-podesta-hillary-clinton-emails-wikileaks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: john-podesta-hillary-clinton-emails-wikileaks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Podesta Tells President Trump to 'Get a Grip' After G20 Tweet twitter:description: Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman took to Twitter to respond to Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5cb2c12d133712fb/6988aa1ffb4eace7f688f7ac/john-podesta-hillary-clinton-emails-wikileaks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Podesta Tells President Trump to 'Get a Grip' After G20 Tweet > Sponsored content. 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Though Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress, Trump has pinned the blame for a number of problems onto congressional Democrats._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 7, 2017 4:14 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 7, 2017 4:14 PM UTC Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman [John Podesta](http://time.com/4308369/hillary-clinton-john-podesta/?iid=sr-link1) took to Twitter to respond to President Trump’s tweet from the G-20 summit that called him “disgraceful.” “Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!” Trump tweeted Friday. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/883229270943911936) Podesta replied telling Trump to “get a grip” and clarifying that he did not work at the Democratic National Committee. > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883339541616185344) > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883339718674579461) > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883339840217128960) > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883339938586136577) > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883340002809323521) > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883340087811026945) > [](https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/883340163774111744) Adrienne Watson, a spokeswoman for the DNC, also tweeted that Podesta did not work for the DNC during the campaign. > [](https://twitter.com/Adrienne%5FDNC/status/883283271467106304) Trump has accused President Obama, Podesta and the DNC for not doing enough to stop Russian hacking attempts on the 2016 election. But he often balks at blaming Russia, [saying Thursday](http://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/?xid=homepage) that “nobody really knows” if Russia is responsible for interfering in the election. ## Transcript When something goes wrong, Donald Trump nows who to blame, Democrats. Democrats are putting it out. The democrats are putting that out. We have no votes from the democrats. The republicans control the White House, and both Chambers of Congress. Trump has pinned the blame for a a number of problems onto congressional democrats. That includes things in which democrats stood in the sidelines, like the first version of the House Health Care Bill. Look at the size. This is the Democrats. This is us. Which failed when conservative drop their support. Did not get any clear in terms of this is government and this is not. Thank you very much. We were very close. It was very very tight margin. We had no Democrat support. We had no votes from the Democrats. It also includes things that are mostly tra Trump's fault like the slow pace of filling senate confirmed jobs where he hasn't named anyone. And it includes things that haven't happened yet. Like a government shutdown if congress can't agree on a spending plan. Trump has repeatedly blamed democrats for the investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. According to the Washington Post, the CIA has concluded That Russia intervened in the election to help you win the Presidency, your reaction? It think it's ridiculous, I think it's just another excuse, I don't believe it. Which he says they're treating as an excuse for their loss. 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