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Donald Trump.
The Republican presidential front-runner had two seemingly pleasant Fox News interviews on Monday.
But after "The O'Reilly Factor" aired that evening, Trump fired off a raging tweetstorm about how unfairly the network was treating him.
In one tweet, Trump wrote that host Bill O'Reilly "was very negative to me in refusing to post the great polls that came out today including NBC."
Trump also said he has a hard time watching Fox News, blasted host Megyn Kelly's "terrible show" as "the worst," and asked O'Reilly why he keeps bringing boring "Trump haters" on to his show.
He further retweeted his supporters saying things like, "Fair and balanced my a--," calling the Fox News guests "spoon fed morons," and announcing that they no longer watch the network because of its bias.
That tweetstorm has continued into Tuesday morning.
It follows not one but two apparent ceasefires struck between Trump and Fox News last month.
The first truce was publicly brokered after Trump raged against Kelly for asking him supposedly unfair questions while moderating the first Republican primary debate. The fight culminated in an infamous comment about Kelly that many interpreted as a crude reference to menstruation. (Trump insisted that he would never say such a thing.)
That détente ended after Trump again went after Kelly a couple weeks later. Trump released a flood of tweets that, among other things, promoted a supporter who called Kelly a "bimbo" and declared that her show was far better when she was on vacation.
The network then fired back at Trump in what some saw as a coordinated effort. But the real-estate developer eventually returned to doing regular Fox News interviews again in September, including Monday on "Fox & Friends" and "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren.
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It wasn't immediately clear what O'Reilly did to enrage Trump. (Business Insider reached out to Fox News for comment.)
But poll numbers are apparently a sensitive topic. Trump blasted other media organizations on Monday for focusing more on a CNN poll that showed his support slumping rather than more favorable polls from NBC and Zogby.
During his show, O'Reilly also chided Trump and other candidates for engaging the media's "loaded questions about Muslims, physical appearances, and who has more pep."
In a subsequent interview with conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer, the frequent Trump critic told O'Reilly that he shouldn't blame the media for those issues popping up on the campaign trail.
"He's the one who said of Carly Fiorina, 'Look at that face,'" Krauthammer said of Trump. "And he's the one who's gone on and on and on in just about every speech about how … Jeb Bush is a 'very, very, low-energy guy. He's got this teeny, tiny, weeny energy. While Trump has this giant, big, huge energy.' And you need a psychiatrist to deconstruct that."
View Trump's full tweetstorm below:
.@oreillyfactor was very negative to me in refusing to to post the great polls that came out today including NBC. @FoxNews not good for me!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015.@oreillyfactor, why don't you have some knowledgeable talking heads on your show for a change instead of the same old Trump haters. Boring!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@RagingCynicism: @realDonaldTrump @oreillyfactor they're not Trump haters. They're spoon fed morons."
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@Patrick92299179: @realDonaldTrump @oreillyfactor Couldn't agree more!"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@bewhatjesuswas: @oreillyfactor @FoxNews You dominate not because of them-but despite them;They need you more than you need them"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@coolgirl6978: @oreillyfactor @FoxNews this is bull fox. O'Reilly, I expect better from you. What is going on? Fair and balanced my ass"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@tammyhorne19: @realDonaldTrump @oreillyfactor love you trump"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@Rbbrkhd: @realDonaldTrump @oreillyfactor @FoxNews The way you have treated @realDonaldTrump is totally unacceptable...CNN has been fair"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@diannrr: @megynkelly Do you dream about @realDonaldTrump? He's in your head. Let it go." She is the worst - all anti-Trump! Terrible show.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015I am having a really hard time watching @FoxNews.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015.@RichLowry is truly one of the dumbest of the talking heads - he doesn't have a clue!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@PhyllisA: @Hopeisalive66 @jdanielmoore @theblaze @megynkelly @realDonaldTrump that's ok! The more they talk the better POTUS Trump looks!"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@TheMindWave: @FoxNews Im not sure why u r giving them this much importance, they had wanted to take u down in debate and they failed!!"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@seleti00: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews They attack you more then CNN or MSNBC combined. Just a bunch of old Bush appointee Rhinos."
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@madscape: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews and millions will agree with you! Most of us on twitter now view OAN network"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@ethansimmons111: @AllRepublicans @Ecsullie @RagingCynicism @FoxNews @oreillyfactor @KarlRove Karl Rove is a JOKE OWNED BY the BUSH family"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@JodiL792: @FoxNews I have been since you started running & I noticed Meghan Kelly's attacks. Stopped watching. Only Hannity 4 sure." Yes!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@wallen_jeanine: @realDonaldTrump I can only watch Hannity. I think he is the only one in your corner"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@VickyBrush: Do what most of us are doing! Turn off @FoxNews! There is a major boycott going on with them, anyway. Problem solved!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@EdwardChelednik: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews Hey Donald your not alone. I can't watch it at all. Used to be all i watched.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@glendabelle_11: @FoxNews Fox has become a supporter of Liberals!They are Not supporting the GOP candidates-especially Trump! Quit watching
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@IgnatiusGReilly: @charlescwcooke @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews will you cry when Marco Amnesty loses nomination?"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015"@JimShellenback: @realDonaldTrump @EdwardChelednik @FoxNews I steer away from Fox now. Never thought that would happen."
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015