- Newly released private text messages reveal Senator Thom Tillis sent profanity-laced messages to President Donald Trump earlier this year.
- “I still want to help but I don’t take this bull**** from anyone, including you Mr. President,” the North Carolina senator wrote to Trump in a May 22 text. “Save that s*** for the cowards who don’t care if you fail. I care if you fail and right now we are failing.” Trump had publicly attacked Tillis on Truth Social that same day, calling him a “nitpicker” who was “always fighting against the Republican Party.”
- The text exchanges reported by Politico are expected to be included in Tillis' upcoming book, "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents."
- Tillis announced in June 2025 that he would not seek reelection following clashes with Trump over the "Big, Beautiful Bill."
- Since announcing his retirement, Tillis has emerged as an outspoken GOP critic of administration policies, including the war in Iran.
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