Trump Attacks Washed Up Psycho Bette Midler As Longtime Twitter Feud Heats Up

President Donald Trump is feuding with Bette Midler . 

Again. 

The award-winning actress apologized for a tweet she shared that incorrectly claimed Trump once said he’d run for president as a Republican because “they’re the dumbest group of voters.” He never said it, although the debunked quote often makes the rounds on social media. 

“Don’t know how I missed it,” Midler wrote. “But it sounds SO much like him that I believed it was true!”

She added: 

Midler is a regular critic on Twitter, often using crude jokes and imagery in her attacks and at times coming under fire for going too far .

In this case, Trump responded by calling Midler a “psycho” and a “sick scammer”: 

The two have a history that long predates Trump’s political career, so much so that Deadspin writer David Roth predicted Trump’s tweet... sort of... more than two years ago: 

Roth was off by a few hours; Trump’s tweet came at about 1:30 a.m. in the UK, where he was traveling on a state visit. 

Roth explained his prediction: 

Indeed, Trump fired off a series of tweets slamming Midler during the 2012 superstorm, which did $70 billion in damage .  

Trump’s latest attack on Midler received quite the reaction on the social network: