Sen. Thom Tillis Thomas (Thom) Roland TillisGrassley, Ernst pledge to 'evaluate' Trump's Supreme Court nominee Trump to include North Carolina in offshore drilling moratorium, senator says Biden's six best bets in 2016 Trump states MORE (R-N.C.) joked with reporters Tuesday that he was bringing popcorn to watch the feud between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE (R-Tenn.) at a Senate GOP lunch.

Tillis tweeted a photo of himself getting popcorn out of a machine, with the caption, “Ready for lunch with POTUS and @SenateGOP.”

Ready for lunch with POTUS and @SenateGOP. pic.twitter.com/gtrZqgDD9e — Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) October 24, 2017

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is literally bringing popcorn to the Senate GOP lunch meeting. Same pic.twitter.com/Yr8a2XhACA — Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) October 24, 2017

Senator Tillis literally has popcorn as he heads up to GOP lunch pic.twitter.com/jJbWO5n2D5 — Peter Sullivan (@PeterSullivan4) October 24, 2017

Sen. Thom Tillis walking through the Senate basement with popcorn, jokes that it's for watching the Corker-Trump fight during lunch. — Jordain Carney (@jordainc) October 24, 2017

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Trump is meeting Tuesday with Senate Republicans to discuss their push for tax reform, amid an escalating feud with Corker.

Corker, who is retiring at the end of his term next year, unloaded on Trump in interviews early Tuesday, accusing Trump of "debasing" the nation and predicting he was "not going to rise to the occasion as president." Trump retaliated on Twitter, saying that Corker is retiring at the end of his term because he "couldn’t get elected dog catcher in Tennessee."

When asked by Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto earlier Tuesday about whether Tillis anticipated any problems between Trump and Corker at the luncheon, Tillis joked that he was “going to bring some popcorn.”