Tweets at 10 paces as Trump targets aide Kellyanne Conway’s husband

Donald Trump has fired off one of his Twitter insults to retaliate against a prominent lawyer — married to one of his top aides.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway. Picture: AFP

Donald Trump has again fired off one of his Twitter insults to retaliate against a prominent lawyer — married to one of his top aides —- accusing him of being mentally sick.

“A total loser!” the US President tweeted about George Conway, who has taken to social media and The Washington Post to question Mr Trump’s mental state.

The unseemly row is made unique by the fact that Mr Conway’s wife is Kellyanne Conway, a fiercely loyal adviser to Mr Trump.

A frequent guest on the television networks, where she promotes Mr Trump’s agenda and defends him in multiple controversies, Ms Conway now finds herself also having to bat down questions about her outspoken husband.

Mr Trump’s tweet came with a retweet of his election campaign manager Brad Parscale, who belittled Mr Conway as a jealous failure.

“We all know that @realDonaldTrump turned down Mr. Kellyanne Conway for a job he desperately wanted,” Mr Parscale wrote. “Now he hurts his wife because he is jealous of her success.”

Mr Conway has posted symptoms — which he says Mr Trump matches — for “Anti-social and Narcissistic Personality Disorder” and says that Americans should think “seriously” about the President’s state.

“No, I don’t share those concerns,” Ms Conway said dryly on Monday.

AFP