Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt MORE (R-Ky.) said Friday that while he likes the actions the Trump administration is taking, he's not as enthused about the president's penchant for tweeting.

"I've been pretty candid with him and all of you that I'm not a fan of the daily tweets," he told reporters during a press conference on Friday.

Asked if he thought President Trump was taking Republicans off message, McConnell said he's not a "fan of the extra discussion that he likes to engage in."

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But McConnell stressed that he liked the early actions taken by the Trump administration and praised Trump's Cabinet selections.

Trump's constant stream of tweets has at times created headaches for GOP lawmakers, who have spent months fielding questions from reporters over his social media remarks.

McConnell noted repeatedly during the presidential campaign that he wished Trump would "stick to the script."

The Senate GOP leader and the president are in some ways a study in opposites. While Trump uses the bully pulpit and Twitter to weigh in on numerous topics at any hour, McConnell is well known for his rigid message discipline.

McConnell's press conference comes less than a day after Trump held a freewheeling presser in which he lashed out at the media, once more talked about his Electoral College margin of victory and defended his administration as a "fine-tuned machine."

McConnell declined to comment on Trump's press conference on Friday, telling reporters, "I don't have any observation about that."