The Los Angeles Times on Thursday fired a freelance reporter who tweeted that he hoped Donald Trump would die.

"Earlier today, Steven Borowiec, a freelance journalist in South Korea, posted a tweet about Donald Trump on his personal Twitter profile that violated our professional standards," the paper said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

"The Los Angeles Times is committed to fair, evenhanded coverage of the presidential campaign, and expects all journalists representing the paper, including non-staff contributors such as Mr. Borowiec, to adhere to this standard in their articles and social media posts," it said. "We regard Mr. Borowiec's comment as inexcusable, and we have ended our relationship with him."

Really hope the @latimes understands that one of its journalists said this about @realDonaldTrump ... before deleting the Tweet pic.twitter.com/3g5ioV0oGO — Nick Iannelli (@NickWTOP) November 3, 2016



Borowiec openly mused on Twitter about the death of Trump before deleting the message once it was highlighted by another reporter.

His tweet was an apparent reply to a message posted by Time magazine. Time magazine's tweet said, "See Donald Trump's life in photos" and was accompanied by a link to a photo gallery of Trump through the years.

"I would rather see Donald Trump's life end," replied Borowiec.

Nick Iannelli saw Borowiec's tweet and posted a photo of it.

Borowiec quickly deleted his tweet about Trump's life ending, and blocked Iannelli from seeing anymore of his tweets, according to Iannelli.