Trump escalates attacks on Democratic senator: He 'should take a nice long vacation in Vietnam'

Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Donald Trump, who is on vacation at his golf resort in New Jersey, took to Twitter to attack Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, for the second time on Monday. The president rehashed his argument that Blumenthal is a "con artist" for claiming to have served in the Vietnam War, when, in fact, the senator deferred overseas military service and instead served domestically in the reserves. "I think Senator Blumenthal should take a nice long vacation in...