President Trump made fun of “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Thursday morning on Twitter, and the real-life engaged couple didn’t take too long to strike back.
Here’s what Trump initially wrote:
I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017
…to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017
And here is Mika’s killer response:
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) June 29, 2017
For those who have successfully avoided things like cable news and Twitter, that’s a not-so-veiled shot at the size of No. 45’s hands, a sensitive subject for the billionaire former businessman.
As for Scarborough, he let CNN’s Jake Tapper do the talking for him. “Morning Joe” himself simply retweeted this perfect assessment of the commander-in-chief’s latest Twitter war:
This reminds me: how is @FLOTUS's campaign against cyber-bullying going? https://t.co/X4xmyreGLH
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 29, 2017
Not to be outdone, MSNBC leapt to the defense of its a.m. squad; click here to see a spokesperson’s response to this madness.