White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday responded to Sen. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE's (R-Tenn.) suggestion that a select group of Trump administration officials "help separate our country from chaos," arguing that it is President Trump who is "keeping the world from chaos."

"I think the president is the one that's keeping the world from chaos," Sanders 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 going to continue doing that. We're going to continue doing that as a team with the president leading that effort."

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Corker said Wednesday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonGary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November Kushner says 'Alice in Wonderland' describes Trump presidency: Woodward book Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE, Defense Secretary James Mattis James Norman MattisBiden courts veterans amid fallout from Trump military controversies Trump says he wanted to take out Syria's Assad but Mattis opposed it Gary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November MORE and White House chief of staff John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE were helping to maintain order within a chaotic administration.

"I think Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis and chief of staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos, and I support them very much," Corker, who announced late last month that he would not seek reelection next year, told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Corker also said that he hoped Tillerson, Mattis and Kelly would stay in their positions. His comments came shortly after Tillerson held a hastily scheduled news conference on Wednesday to push back on reports that he had considered resigning over the summer.

Pressed on what he meant by "chaos," Corker responded that the three Trump administration officials "work very well together to make sure the policies we put forth around the world are ... sound and coherent."

"There are other people within the administration, in my belief, that don't," Corker said.

Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has spoke critically of Trump in the past. Last month he said the the president had not shown the "competence" to succeed in the White House, comments that the White House later called "outrageous."