Donald Trump fires back after Mitt Romney criticises him over Ukraine, China probe calls

Romney denounced Trump on Friday, saying his calls for China and Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden were ‘wrong and appalling’

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Published: 11:53pm, 5 Oct 2019Updated: 3:41am, 24 Oct 2019

US President Donald Trump fired back at Mitt Romney on Saturday morning, calling the Utah senator a “pompous 'ass'” while defending his calls for Ukraine and China to investigate political rival Joe Biden.

“Somebody please wake up Mitt Romney and tell him that my conversation with the Ukrainian President was a congenial and very appropriate one, and my statement on China pertained to corruption, not politics,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“If Mitt worked this hard on Obama, he could have won. Sadly, he choked!

“Mitt Romney never knew how to win. He is a pompous ‘ass’ who has been fighting me from the beginning, except when he begged me for my endorsement for his Senate run (I gave it to him), and when he begged me to be Secretary of State (I didn’t give it to him). He is so bad for R’s!” Trump wrote.

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Romney, a former Republican presidential nominee, denounced Trump on Friday night, saying the president's public calls for China and Ukraine to investigate former vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate Biden were “wrong and appalling”.