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A TV host hit back hard after Donald Trump said she was ‘bleeding badly from a face-lift’

The president has been criticised by members of his own party following the tweets.

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The President of the United States used Twitter to take a very personal dig at a media personality on Thursday.

MSNBC host Mika Brezezinski was labelled “crazy” by Donald Trump after the president apparently took offence to comments made by her Morning Joe talk show.

Taking it a step further Trump relayed a story regarding Brezezinski and her co-host Joe Scarborough at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

Trump said Brezezinski was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” during a visit to the resort.

The president has been criticised for airing personal grievances over Twitter to his 32 million followers.

CNN and ABC contributor Ana Navarro, who’s also a Republican strategist, accused Trump of “diminishing” the presidency.

— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) June 29, 2017

Others echoed that.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) June 29, 2017

Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins said “this is not okay”.

— Lynn Jenkins (@RepLynnJenkins) June 29, 2017

One user suggested this was a “new low” from a president who has never been timid with his use of social media.

— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) June 29, 2017

But while a number of people leaped to Brezezinski’s defence, she quickly showed she didn’t need any help.

The political commentator, who serves as a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, took just 21 minutes to seemingly respond.

— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) June 29, 2017

Brezezinski used the message on the back of a Cheerio’s box to insinuate Trump has tiny hands – something that was thrown at the president a number of times during the campaign.

During the presidential campaign Morning Joe and Trump’s relationship was largely cordial, but that’s changed since Trump took office. In March Brezezinski accused the administration of having “no credibility”.

The senior vice president of communications for the NBC Universal News Group, the parent company of MSNBC, shared his opinion on the exchange.

— Mark Kornblau (@MarkKornblau) June 29, 2017

First Lady Melania Trump, who in the past said she’d work to eliminate cyberbullying, had this to say.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 29, 2017

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 29, 2017

News of the Morning Joe hosts’ visit to Mar-a-Lago has been covered and criticised before, with Scarborough saying they were there to get an interview with the then-president elect.

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