Donald Trump and the CEO of T-Mobile USA had an epic Twitter war

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Matt Hussey was the former Editor-in-Chief for The Next Web. Previously he worked on the launch of Wired UK, ShortList and Mr Porter. He's b (show all) Matt Hussey was the former Editor-in-Chief for The Next Web. Previously he worked on the launch of Wired UK, ShortList and Mr Porter. He's been an active contributor to GQ, FHM, Men's Health, Yahoo, The Daily Telegraph and maintains a blog on Huffington Post

Donald Trump, the inspiration of internet memes such as Paint with Donald Trump and a 3D printed butt-plug found himself in hot water with T-Mobile US CEO John Legere. It all started after the UFC fight between Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm came to a surprising conclusion.

Glad to see that @RondaRousey lost her championship fight last night. Was soundly beaten – not a nice person!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2015

Legere, clearly a Ronda fan, felt the need to stick up for the defeated fighter.

.@realDonaldTrump @RondaRousey Donald I dare you to get in ring with her and say that… In fact I would pay big $ to see it #RhondaRousey — John Legere (@JohnLegere) November 16, 2015

.@realDonaldTrump @RondaRousey I wonder which intern will get blamed for this stupid tweet #trumpinternblame

— John Legere (@JohnLegere) November 16, 2015

Trump, never one for turning down a spat on the social network came back with:

.@JohnLegere @TMobile John, focus on running your company, I think the service is terrible! Try hiring some good managers. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2015

And then Legere went to town.

.@realDonaldTrump trumps last 4 tweet topics 1. Legere/@TMobile 2. Obama/Putin 3. Tom Brady 4. Legere/@TMobile .. President material? — John Legere (@JohnLegere) November 16, 2015

.@MattJohnsonMBA @realDonaldTrump I am an undecided Republican… Well not totally undecided, I know what I don’t want :)

— John Legere (@JohnLegere) November 16, 2015

With Trump’s 4.88 and Legere’s 1.81 million Twitter followers, it was probably one of the most public flame wars we’ve seen in quite a while.

“@StreetR77: @JohnLegere @TMobile didn’t know he was CEO of tmobile, I have T-Mobile, it’s pathetic, dropped calls, no service.” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2015

Trump’s seemingly impenetrable public persona seems to come out relatively unscathed from the encounter, seeing a huge bump in his Twitter reach in the last 24 hours, according to Simply Measured.