President Trump Slams Susan Rice in Back-to-Back Tweets

Another day, another set of early morning tweets from President Donald Trump.

On Wednesday, former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice declined an invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism. Rice was asked to appear in order to discuss Russia’s actions during the 2016 election, though it is likely that she would have also faced questions about the practice of “unmasking” Americans who get involved with foreign figures under investigation by the intelligence community.

Last month, Rice attracted a lot of attention when she insisted that she did not unmask Michael Flynn or other prominent members of Trump’s team for political reasons.

Trump took notice of Rice’s decision this morning and he didn’t seem very happy about it:

Susan Rice, the former National Security Advisor to President Obama, is refusing to testify before a Senate Subcommittee next week on…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017

…allegations of unmasking Trump transition officials. Not good!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017

Oh, and Trump also took a seemingly random swing at the media again while giving Fox & Friends a shoutout.

The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention – never been a time like this!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017

Congratulations to @foxandfriends on its unbelievable ratings hike.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017

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