appease trump. still, trump is continuing to unload on mcconnell. >> why is it that you think that the vast majority of your allies in the united states senate are not standing behind you? we did have that statement by mike rounds. >> because mitch mcconnell is a loser and frankly, mitch mcconnell, if he were on the other side and if schumer were put in his position, he would have been fighting this like you've never seen before. he would have been fighting this. >> well, let's go to cnn reporter gabby orr for more. we should note that later on in that interview the president hung up on steve inskeep. back to the point he was making, is trump going to back off from criticizing mcconnell or is this what he's going to continue to do going forward? >> bianna, i think the posture we have seen from former president trump toward mcconnell so far is here to stay. he has been increasingly hostile toward the senate minority leader and calling on republican candidates who are running for the senate to declare that they