--- 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 When something goes wrong, Donald Trump knows who to blame: Democrats. 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 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 [00:00] When something goes wrong, Donald Trump nows who [00:02] to blame, Democrats. Democrats are putting it out. [00:05] The democrats are putting that out. We have no votes [00:08] from the democrats. The republicans control the White [00:10] House, and both Chambers of Congress. Trump has [00:12] pinned the blame for a a number of problems onto [00:14] congressional democrats. That includes things in which [00:16] democrats stood in the sidelines, like the first version [00:19] of the House Health Care Bill. Look at the size. This is [00:23] the Democrats. This is us. Which failed when [00:25] conservative drop their support. Did not get any clear [00:28] in terms of this is government and this is not. Thank [00:31] you very much. We were very close. It was very very [00:35] tight margin. We had no Democrat support. We had no [00:39] votes from the Democrats. It also includes things that [00:41] are mostly tra Trump's fault like the slow pace of filling [00:43] senate confirmed jobs where he hasn't named anyone. [00:47] And it includes things that haven't happened yet. Like [00:50] a government shutdown if congress can't agree on a [00:51] spending plan. Trump has repeatedly blamed [00:55] democrats for the investigations into Russian meddling [00:58] in the 2016 election. According to the Washington Post, [01:01] the CIA has concluded That Russia intervened in the [01:05] election to help you win the Presidency, your reaction? [01:09] It think it's ridiculous, I think it's just another excuse, I [01:12] don't believe it. Which he says they're treating as an [01:14] excuse for their loss. 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