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President Trump hurls new insults at 'Morning Joe' hosts

After the president hurled a series of insults at the hosts of MSNBC's 'Morning Joe,' one of them had their own subtle reply. 

<p><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Television journalists Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski attend the 101st Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2015 in Washington, DC.</span></p>

President Trump lashed out against the hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday morning, hurling a series of insults on Twitter including one referencing female host Mika Brzezinski's face "bleeding" from a facelift.

The complete statement, which was denounced by NBC and members of the president's own party: "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 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!"

While Trump claimed not to watch their show, it did appear he was responding to criticism from the hosts about his presidency.

It wouldn't be the first time that the president has created a stir by making reference to blood and a female media personality. Back in the early days of his campaign, Megyn Kelly, then at Fox News, asked candidate Trump about his treatment of women. That soon led to Trump to this now infamous response: "She starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions, and you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever."

Brzezinski appeared to reply to Trump's attacks on Twitter, sending out an image referencing "little hands."

Per Bloomberg News, MSNBC released a statement: "It's a sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spewing petty personal attacks instead of doing his job."

NBC employees rallied to defense of their colleagues.

Lawmakers also denounced the tweet, including a number of Republicans:

Others also reacted to the president's tweets:

According to CNN, Trump spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said of the president's tweet, "This is a president who fights fire with fire."

First lady Melania Trump's communications director appeared to defend the president's comments, per CNN.

Thursday's attacks appeared to begin with Trump's social media director, Dan Scavino Jr., who tweeted about half an hour before the president, "#DumbAsARockMika and lover #JealousJoe are lost, confused & saddened since @POTUS @realDonaldTrump stopped returning their calls! Unhinged."

During the early months of his presidential campaign, in 2015 and 2016, Trump was interviewed frequently on Morning Joe; but that stopped after a falling out between the candidates and the talk show hosts.

Was it really only less than two months ago when, in announcing their engagement, Scarborough and Brzezinski said Trump had offered to officiate their wedding?

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