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# Republican Senator Thom Tillis Goes Off On Trump!
- URL: https://thecrimsonhub.com/republican-senator-thom-tillis-goes-off-on-trump/
- Published: 2026-10-02T20:07:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T20:07:08.000Z
- Author: Crimson Staff

So that happened. 

Earlier this year, the retiring Senator sent a series of text messages to President Donald Trump and held nothing back. 

The outgoing Republican said he would not accept Trump's "bull\*\*\*\*" and wrote that, if the president had threatened him, he would have promptly told him to "f\*\*\* yourself."

[Politico first reported](https://www.politico.com/playbook?ref=thecrimsonhub.com) about the messages which are expected to show up in Tillis' forthcoming memoir, *How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents.*

Since Tillis is not seeking reelection, he clearly has no issue with taking Trump on directly, especially as the president has been one of his biggest critics. 

"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 text on May 22\. "Save that s\*\*\* for the cowards who don't care if you fail. I care if you fail and right now we are failing."

It followed yet another bromide from the president who earlier that day called Tillis "weak and ineffective" in a post on Truth Social. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cf/ac/cfac1fd0-23e3-490f-a17a-a11b795ef5b5/content/images/2026/10/image-2.png)

Tillis sent other messages in June after Trump attacked him as a "loser" after Tillis said he would not support Todd Blanche's nomination as Attorney General. 

"As I have said before, you NEVER threatened me with a primary challenge," he wrote, according to Politico. "I get that you may have me confused with so many Republicans that you have threatened in the past, but NEVER me."

"If you had ever threatened me directly with a primary, I would have immediately told you to f\*\*\* yourself, and I would have announced my retirement immediately," he continued. "Save those threats and head games for cowards and fools."

Now that these texts are public, get ready, because Trump is never one to stay quiet.