First lady Melania Trump’s spokeswoman said the president will "punch back 10 times harder" when attacked in response to President Trump’s tweets earlier in the day attacking “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski.

“As the first lady has stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back 10 times harder,” the first lady’s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to CNN.

Melania Trump has listed eliminating cyberbullying as one of her priorities as first lady.

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The president tweeted on Thursday that Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she and her MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough "insisted" on joining the then-president-elect at his New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago.

I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

...to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

Brzezinski promptly responded to Trump’s attacks tweeting a picture of a Cheerios promo that was labeled “made for little hands,” in a reference to an attack on Trump made by Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power McConnell pushes back on Trump: 'There will be an orderly transition' Graham vows GOP will accept election results after Trump comments MORE (R-Fla.) during the 2016 campaign.

The president’s tweets are just the latest in a slew of attacks on media organizations such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN.