Despite a busy agenda that included dining with the Queen and meeting with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. President Donald Trump still found time during his U.K. visit to lash out at his foes, which included singer Bette Midler of all people.
At approximately 1 a.m. local time Wednesday, in which he described the famed singer and actor as a âwashed up psychoâ after she posted a meme with a fake quote attributed to him.
âWashed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make âyour great presidentâ look really bad,â he wrote. âShe got caught, just like the Fake News Media gets caught. A sick scammer!â
On Monday, in his younger days with an accompanying quote attributed to Trump in a 1998 People Magazine interview.
âIf I were to run, Iâd run as a Republican. Theyâre the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and theyâd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific,â the quote on the image said.
Later that day, Midler deleted the tweet and apologized for sharing the image.
âThis quote turns out to be a fake from way back in â15-16. Donât know how I missed it, but it sounds SO much like him that I believed it was true!â she wrote.
Midler also shared a link with a story from the Reno Gazette Journal that debunked the widely shared meme. Itâs not the first time the pair has swapped barbs as Midler regularly criticizes Trump on her Twitter account.
Around the time he posted his tweet about Midler, Trump also took aim at other political foes, including former and .