The only thing missing from the already roiling 2016 presidential race was another billionaire starting drama. As luck had it, media mogul Rupert Murdoch was waiting in the wings.

The political contest got richer over the weekend, when whispers that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg may be considering a third-party bid for the highest office reverberated across the political world. If he ran, Bloomberg, a man worth between $36 and $50 billion, depending on the estimates, would likely face off against another New York billionaire, current G.O.P. front-runner Donald Trump, who himself is worth somewhere in the area of $4.5 and $10 billion.

Because everyone knows that three billionaires stirring the pot is more fun than two, Murdoch decided to kick things into higher gear Wednesday afternoon.

Murdoch has weighed in on Bloomberg’s presidential aspirations before, the first time over the summer, when he urged him to run against Trump.

Trump did not need Murdoch’s goading to rile him up over a possible face-off with his former golf buddy and longtime friend. To Trump, Bloomberg throwing his hat in the ring would be a betrayal of all the good years the two shared together.

“We have a very nice relationship. We’ve always had a very good relationship,” he told The Hill on Tuesday, though he made it clear they have differences on guns, immigration, and “lots of other things.”

“If he runs, we will not have a good relationship, I promise you.”

Murdoch and Trump’s relationship may be on the rocks, as well, making the timing of the News Corp. executive’s instigating a bit suspect. A day earlier, Trump issued a statement saying that he will not attend Thursday night’s primary debate, hosted on the News Corp.–owned Fox News as planned, as an ongoing feud with Fox anchor Megyn Kelly continues to burn, at least for Trump.

“Mr. Trump knows a bad deal when he sees one,” his campaign wrote in a statement Tuesday evening. “Roger Ailes and Fox News think they can toy with him, but Mr. Trump doesn’t play games.”

The billionaire games, though, seem to be only just beginning.