President Donald Trump has unfollowed British presenter Piers Morgan on Twitter after the journalist slammed the leader's "bats**t crazy" approach to the coronavirus pandemic.
Writing in his regular column for the MailOnline, 55-year-old Morgan slammed the POTUS after he told reporters during Thursday's press conference that doctors should "look into" using "powerful" UV light or even injecting patients with "disinfectant" as a means of treating the novel coronavirus.
The always outspoken Morgan started his column by saying: "SHUT THE F**K UP, PRESIDENT TRUMP."
Morgan then accused Trump of turning the daily White House press conferences into "a rambling two-hour self-promoting rally" where the president airs his "batsh*t crazy theories about how to beat the virus".
As a result of the barbarous column, Morgan announced on Twitter that President Trump had since unfollowed him.
Morgan tweeted to his 7.4 million followers a screenshot of his article, along with an update saying: "UPDATE: President @realDonaldTrump has unfollowed me on Twitter, hours after I wrote this @DailyMail column".
Morgan's column added how Trump has dedicated "huge chunks" of the task force meetings "to trashing the media, attacking political opponents, telling us how great he is, and re-writing history as he tries to defend all the mistakes he's made since the virus first erupted."
Piers continued:
You can watch President Trump's comments from Thursday in the video below:"And he's done all this while 50,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, the worst death toll in the world, and nearly a million cases have now been reported across the country.
"But by far the most reckless and dangerous thing President Trump has done is use the most powerful podium on earth to air his batsh*t crazy theories about how to beat the virus."
Morgan has long defended his "friendship" with the President, telling GQ in an interview back in 2017:
"I genuinely like him, I have known him through ten years, and saw from The Apprentice he can be charming, funny, smart and his judgment is spot on. He loved drama and arguments and making the right decision and being popular."
Morgan has also been known to comment on their "friendship" while presenting UK morning news show Good Morning Britain - often jumping to defend Trump on certain issues and "bragging" about his exclusive interviews with the POTUS.
But now I feel like we've seen the end of a... beautiful friendship.
Trump's comments on Thursday came after William Bryan, acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, presented the results of US government research, which appeared to indicate that the novel coronavirus appeared to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight and heat.
The study also showed bleach could kill the virus in saliva or respiratory fluids within five minutes and isopropyl alcohol could kill it even more quickly.
"So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous - whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," the president said regarding the findings. He then turned to Dr. Deborah Birx - the White House coronavirus response co-ordinator - and stated: "and I think you said that hasn't been checked but you're going to test it.
"And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you're going to test that too. Sounds interesting," Trump continued.
Dr. Birx's reaction to Trump's comments quickly went viral on Twitter:"And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? So it'd be interesting to check that."
Pointing to his head, Trump added: "I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what."
Trump then addressed Dr. Birx again and asked if she had ever heard of using "the heat and the light" to treat coronavirus. To which she replied: "Not as a treatment. I mean, certainly, fever is a good thing, when you have a fever it helps your body respond. But I've not seen heat or light."
"I think it's a great thing to look at," Trump responded.
In response to the backlash, last night Trump told reporters that he was being "sarcastic":The POTUS said: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen."
He then added: "I was asking a sarcastic and a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. But it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands, and it would make things much better."