Sen. Roy Blunt Roy Dean BluntCDC tells Congress it urgently needs billion for vaccine distribution On The Money: Trump undercuts GOP, calls for bigger COVID-19 relief package | Communities of color hit hardest financially by COVID-19 | Businesses, states pass on Trump payroll tax deferral Trump undercuts GOP, calls for bigger COVID-19 relief package MORE (R-Mo.) said he thinks it's a "mistake" to get into a fight with President Trump.

"It's not a mistake to disagree when you disagree," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "It is a mistake to suggest that somehow this president, who was elected just as the Constitution prescribed and has the responsibility to lead the country, that somehow we need to not work with this president I think is a bad road to go down."

Blunt was asked about comments from a fellow Missouri Republican, former Sen. John Danforth, in which he said Trump is the "most divisive president in our history."

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Blunt said it's important to work with the president.

"I think it's a mistake to get in a fight with the president," he said.

Blunt was also asked about Trump's past comments targeting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE (R-Ky.).

"Well, you know, they're both tough men. They're both tough men," Blunt said. "I think they are both long-time negotiators."

Blunt praised the president for his ability to get his message out.

"I will tell you the one thing the president understands better than anybody in the country today is how to drive a message, how to communicate with people using new ways of communication," Blunt said, likely referring to Trump's use of Twitter, among other media. "And frankly, just a lot better at that than anybody else is."