--- 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: 2026-02-23T16:28:27.724Z 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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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 7, 2017 4:14 PM UTC  John Podesta, campaign chairman of the Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton, waits to speak to members of the media in the spin room ahead of the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., on Oct. 4, 2016. John Podesta, campaign chairman of the Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton, waits to speak to members of the media in the spin room ahead of the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., on Oct. 4, 2016. Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images  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. 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