Trump turns on Republican allies in score-settling live TV takedown

President Donald Trump trashed two close Republican allies during a press conference Thursday.

Trump was speaking to reporters from the Oval Office when he tore into Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) after the longtime GOP lawmakers opposed the SAVE America Act — a package of new restrictions on voting that Trump has pushed Republicans to back. McConnell and Murkowski were among four Republicans who broke ranks and voted against the legislation.

"Mitch McConnell gave so much money to the Democrats," Trump said. "He gave them money. I had to go get the wall money from the military. I just took it out of the military."

"Mitch McConnell's a bad guy and I thought he was lousy at his job," he added.

"They gave him a lot of credit for judges, but I'm the one that got the judges," Trump said. "I won the election, if I didn't win the election he wouldn't have had any judges."

The president then turned his attention to Murkowski.

"I've done so much for Murkowski," Trump said.

"Has anybody done more for Alaska than me?" Trump asked, turning to Alaska's Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who was standing behind him.

Dunleavy agreed and praised Trump, saying "You've been the best president for Alaska in our history. I've said that many times."

"Murkowski's terrible, terrible to us, terrible to the country," Trump added, suggesting that he has paid more attention to Alaska than other states.