Updated on October 24 at 12:00 p.m. ET

If President Trump’s relationship with his former ally Senator Bob Corker was frayed before, it now appears to be ruptured completely.

The two Republicans reignited their feud on Tuesday after the president did not take kindly to Corker’s criticism of his leadership and his suggestion that Trump “stay out” of congressional negotiations over a tax bill.

In a trio of television interviews, the increasingly outspoken Tennessee senator repeated his dim assessment of Trump’s performance and went further than he—or any elected Republican—has gone in questioning the president’s fitness for office. Calling Trump “an utterly untruthful president,” Corker said he was not a role model for the nation’s children and declared unequivocally that he would not support him for reelection in 2020. “He’s obviously not going to rise to the occasion as president,” Corker said on CNN. He accused Trump of “constant non-truth telling” and said he would be remembered for “the debasing of our nation.”

Asked by reporters later if he thought the president should be removed from office, Corker replied: “I’m not going to speak to that. The ballot box is where that happens.”

The latest rhetorical volleys had begun earlier in the morning when Corker appeared on the CBS and NBC morning shows. As he did several weeks ago, Corker accused Trump of undermining diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis with North Korea, and he said the president’s meddling was detrimental to the GOP’s goal of overhauling the tax code. On The Today Show, Corker belittled Trump’s upcoming visit to the Senate Republican weekly lunch as “more of a photo-op.”