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President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
  • An upcoming Sen. Mitt Romney biography details his relationship with his fellow GOP senators.
  • Romney, who's been a vocal critic of Trump for years, said GOP lawmakers told him they envy him.
  • He recalled McConnell telling him that Trump was an "idiot."

Shortly before President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial, Sen. Mitt Romney remembers then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell telling him Trump was an "idiot" who "doesn't think when he says things."