US president Donald Trump and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have had plenty of very public spats, but their latest row is arguably their most bizarre.

Hours after Hillary Clinton announced she would not be running for president in the 2020 US election, President Donald Trump posted a sarcastic tweet.

"'(Crooked) Hillary Clinton confirms she will not run in 2020, rules out a third bid for White House.' Aw-shucks, does that mean I won’t get to run against her again? She will be sorely missed!," he wrote, using his usual derogatory moniker for Mrs Clinton in reference to her closeness with Wall Street and her email controversy.

“(Crooked) Hillary Clinton confirms she will not run in 2020, rules out a third bid for White House.” Aw-shucks, does that mean I won’t get to run against her again? She will be sorely missed! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019

In response, Mrs Clinton, who lost the presidential race against Mr Trump in 2016 despite winning more votes, sent a tweet showing a meme of the hit 2004 teen movie Mean Girls, in which a group of students try to take down the most popular girl at high school because she is unkind.

The clip shows Regina George, played by Rachel McAdams in the movie, asking "why are you so obsessed with me?".


Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has confirmed she will not contest the 2020 US election.

Although Mrs Clinton does not mention Donald Trump in the message, it has widely been seen as being in reference to his comment.

When Mrs Clinton, a former secretary of state, senator and first lady, revealed she would not be running in 2020, she vowed she is "not going anywhere".

Speaking to New York TV station News12, she said: "I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe."

She added: "What's at stake in our country, the kind of things that are happening right now are deeply troubling to me."

Mrs Clinton said she has spoken with some of the candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and warned them: "Don't take anything for granted, even though we have a long list of real problems and broken promises [from Trump]."