--- description: The Internet had a field day attempting to get to the bottom of Trump's new nickname for Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker. title: The Internet Doesn't Know What to Make of Trump Calling Bob Corker 'Liddle' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2bcc90cd5c0b737/6988e322fb4eac8e50894475/bob-corker-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Doesn't Know What to Make of Donald Trump Calling Bob Corker 'Liddle'  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 24, 2017 5:44 PM CUT  Drew Angerer—Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 24, 2017 5:44 PM CUT Following [President Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning tweet spree](http://time.com/4994789/donald-trump-twitter-bob-corker/ "undefined") criticizing [Republican Sen. Bob Corker](http://time.com/4994797/bob-corker-donald-trump/?xid=homepage "undefined"), the Internet had a field day attempting to get to the bottom of Trump’s new nickname for the Tennessee congressman: [“Liddle’ Bob Corker.”](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/922830229525225477 "undefined") “Sen. Corker is the incompetent head of the Foreign Relations Committee, & look how poorly the U.S. has done,” [he wrote](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/922828476872318976 "undefined"). “He doesn’t have a clue as the entire World WAS laughing and taking advantage of us. People like liddle’ Bob Corker have set the U.S. way back. Now we move forward!” Trump’s controversial comments came in the wake of Corker telling NBC’s _Today_ show that the White House should [“step aside”](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/24/bob-corker-trump-tax-feud-244101 "undefined") and let Congress handle tax legislation. Twitter quickly jumped on the reignited feud, adding their own commentary on Trump’s insult. “Bob Corker stood in hall of our Gov’t and told reporter Trump is liar + unfit for office,” [**Jeremy Newberger**](https://twitter.com/jeremynewberger "undefined") wrote. “Trump hid in his office tweeting Bob is ‘liddle.'” > [](https://twitter.com/jeremynewberger/status/922832204203528192) See a selection of the responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/DBloom451/status/922828008439910401) > [](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/922834602439401479) > [](https://twitter.com/Lizzs%5FLockeroom/status/922831199311204353) > [](https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/922859438779674625) > [](https://twitter.com/gettinnoticedmo/status/922861719252111360) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4995077/donald-trump-bob-corker-liddle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4995077/donald-trump-bob-corker-liddle/"},"headline":"The Internet Doesn't Know What to Make of Donald Trump Calling Bob Corker 'Liddle'","datePublished":"2017-10-24T17:44:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:14.497Z","description":"The President criticized the Republican Senator on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/4995077/donald-trump-bob-corker-liddle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","twitter","Donald Trump","Bob Corker"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2bcc90cd5c0b737/6988e322fb4eac8e50894475/bob-corker-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2bcc90cd5c0b737/6988e322fb4eac8e50894475/bob-corker-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bob-corker-donald-trump","caption":"","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4995077/donald-trump-bob-corker-liddle/","name":"The Internet Doesn't Know What to Make of Donald Trump Calling Bob Corker 'Liddle'"}}]}] ```