Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.) says President Trump’s public remarks and tweets are complicating his ability to enact his agenda.

“[It’d be] 10 to 15 points higher if he allowed himself to stay on message,” McConnell told the Weekly Standard Wednesday, referencing Trump’s approval rating. "What he’s saying makes everything harder. [They make it] harder to achieve what you want to achieve.”

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McConnell said he had repeatedly urged Trump to tone down his rhetoric, especially on his Twitter account.

“He doesn’t always take my advice,” he said, noting the president is the “most criticized person in the world.”

“[He should not] respond to criticism,” McConnell added.

He said he does not object to Trump’s tweets but “what you say with the tweet” instead. McConnell said Trump creates a “theater aspect” when he publicly tackles certain issues, creating fodder for the media “on a daily basis.”

The Kentucky senator insisted he has “a really good relationship” with Trump despite his remarks, citing an hour they spent together at the White House last week.

Trump has repeatedly used Twitter as a medium for attacking opponents, ranging from political opponents to celebrities.

The president earlier Wednesday blasted the “fake news media” on Twitter following reports that aides with his 2016 campaign were repeatedly in touch with senior Russian intelligence officials.

“The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred,” he tweeted, calling CNN and MSNBC “unwatchable.”

“This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE’s losing campaign,” Trump added.

“The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy. Very un-American!”