J.K. Rowling responds to Trump's latest insult with a powerful Abraham Lincoln quote

It never ends.
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Samantha Scelzo
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We can always count on author J.K. Rowling to call out Donald Trump on his bizarre Twitter behavior. Anytime we need her, she's there with a tweet, ready to fire back.

Trump and Morning Joe cohosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have never, shall we say, seen eye-to-eye on practically anything. But on Thursday, Trump sent out two tweets calling out the MSNBC talk show hosts on their visit to his golf club Mar-A-Lago, and referred to them as "Low I.Q. Crazy Mika" and "Psycho Joe."

Then he found it presidentially appropriate to lash out at Brzezinski's supposed cosmetic surgery.

In response, Rowling, ready as ever, quoted screenshots of the harsh tweets with the very apropos words of Abraham Lincoln.

The Lincoln quote states, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

There seems to be no end in sight for Trump's insults, OR J.K. Rowling's great comebacks.

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Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.

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