Stephen King has strong words following Trump's tweet about Omarosa

You only have to take a quick glance at Stephen King's Twitter feed to know that he's no fan of Donald Trump.

But a recent tweet from the President -- in which he referred to former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman as a "crazed, crying lowlife" and a "dog" — has angered the horror master more than usual.

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Here's the tweet Trump posted on Tuesday, in advance of Newman's tell-all book Unhingedbeing released.

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A day later, that tweet is still up. And despite the variety of responses criticising Trump's use of the word "dog" — which included tweets from republican senators — the president's original tweet has still been favourited over 81,000 times.

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On Wednesday, Stephen King took to Twitter to post his own response:

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King's tweet has received around 9,000 retweets in the first few hours since it was posted.

Many people echoed his sentiments in their replies.

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Others, meanwhile, suggested the response might be indicative of an overall trend towards "fatigue" at Trump's tweets.

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Based on the amount of engagement King's tweet has had so far, though, it seems there are still plenty of people out there with some outrage left in them.

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