'You heard wrong, cowboy': Twitter war breaks out between Trump and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough

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The once cozy relationship between Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough took a turn for the worst on Friday when the two went at each other on Twitter.

It began when the presumptive Republican presidential nominee took Scarborough to task for initially supporting some of his rivals in the GOP primary and now that Trump has prevailed, for “pushing hard for a third-party candidate to run.”

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It appears Trump may have been responding to a comment from the “Morning Joe” co-host on Friday’s show that “there is not a better time for someone to run as an independent candidate.” The remark came during a discussion about the obstacles for a third-party alternative in the 2016 presidential race.

Either way, Scarborough proved that while he may be lapdog, he still has a little bite left in him, hitting back at “Donnie boy,” who he also refers to as “cowboy.”

You heard wrong, cowboy. We talk about scenarios. Never fear. MJ is going to beat CNN for the 7th straight year! ? https://t.co/DVsBHctzgd

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 6, 2016

“Rapidly fading?” Umm…we are enjoying our best ratings ever. Lots of luck, fella. https://t.co/DVsBHctzgd

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 6, 2016

Define “rapidly fading,” Donnie boy. https://t.co/DVsBHctzgd

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 6, 2016

An MSNBC spokeswoman confirmed to CNN that Scarborough is right about having the “best ratings ever.”

“‘Morning Joe’ just had its best quarter ever and for the month of April 2016, more viewers tuned into ‘Morning Joe’ than to CNN’s ‘New Day’ in both the key demo and total viewers,” the spokeswoman said.

Though, Trump may argue that the success is a result of his appearances on the show.

One thing is certain, the tiff has made for some entertaining moments on social media…. here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:

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@JoeNBC Did you two break up?

— Mysterion (@PornPops69) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC @realDonaldTrump @Morning_Joe The irony here, Joe? Trump tweeting that Sanders should run third party. Guess it’s OK in that case.

— Jeremy Pond (@JeremyPond) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC P.S.: Just when you think he is starting to show the temperament/maturity of a presidential candidate, he reverts to name calling.

— Jeremy Pond (@JeremyPond) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC You and Mika kissed his ass and now he’s turning on you. lmao

— John Harris (@YahyaJohn) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC glad you care so much about your ratings and less about being a serious journalist. make sure to give Trump more free air time

— DK (@dkalles8) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC this is hilarious. Your 70 y/o teenager bff tweeting sh” about you now. ? @realDonaldTrump @Morning_Joe

— AllyChat (@AllyGeighter) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC @realDonaldTrump @Morning_Joe Now we will watch Fox and Friends for sure. You shouldn’t gloat Joe, he brought us to you.

— Hope (@homefreeee) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC given the free advertising MSNBC gave @realDonaldTrump, he should be nicer. Hope it’s clear what an asshole he is now.

— Admiral Unadmirable (@chaircrusher) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC Go against “Donnie boy”, you can kiss your ratings goodbye Joe.

— Asa M. Julian (@asamjulian) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC @jbarro @realDonaldTrump @Morning_Joe Tsk tsk. All that sucking up and running defense for him and this is still what you get. Haha

— Michael Huckins (@MichaelEHuck) May 6, 2016

@JoeNBC You guys deserve @realDonaldTrump. Good luck!

— John Harris (@YahyaJohn) May 6, 2016

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