"I think that the president is the one that’s keeping the world from chaos,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday. “He has an incredible team around him that’s helping him lead that effort.” | Evan Vucci/AP Photo White House: Trump is the one 'keeping the world from chaos'

President Donald Trump is “keeping the world from chaos,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday in a statement pushing back against Sen. Bob Corker's blunt assessment about the president's administration.

Corker (R-Tenn.), who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and is not seeking reelection in 2018, told reporters this week that it’s Trump’s advisers — specifically Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and chief of staff John Kelly — who “help separate our country from chaos.”


His comments followed a dramatic news conference Tillerson held Wednesday condemning an NBC News report that he had threatened to resign over the summer and called the president a “moron.” Tillerson notably didn’t deny the latter portion, but a State Department spokeswoman later suggested that the claim is untrue because Tillerson doesn’t use such language.

Asked about the comments from Corker, Sanders on Friday reminded the White House press corps at the daily briefing who’s in charge.

“Look, I think that the president is the one that’s keeping the world from chaos,” she said. “He has an incredible team around him that’s helping him lead that effort, and he’s had tremendous accomplishments on the international stage by working with allies and confronting enemies.”

“We’re gonna continue doing that,” she added. “We’re gonna continue doing that as a team with the president leading that effort.”