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In the midst of a Twitter feud, Bette Midler tweeted a joke suggesting someone should stab President Donald Trump with a 'shiv,' which is a knife-like object
She posted the comment on Tuesday in a reply to Michael Moore, but deleted it
The post went up after Trump fired off at the singer from London early Wednesday morning, calling her a 'washed up psycho' and 'sick scammer '
Midler arguably started the back-and-forth this time around by sharing a photo in which Trump is falsely quoted supposedly bashing Republicans in 1998
The meme first surfaced during the 2016 campaign and was found to be fake
Twitter users informed Midler of her mistake, and she gave a sarcastic response
'I apologize; this quote turns out to be a fake,' she tweeted. 'Don't know how I missed it, but it sounds SO much like him that I believed it was true!'

By Stephanie Haney For Dailymail.com and Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:39 EDT, 5 June 2019 | Updated: 18:56 EDT, 5 June 2019

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After trading barbs over social media, actress Bette Midler escalated her feud with President Donald Trump by tweeting a comment that implied he should be stabbed.

In a since-deleted post, Midler, 73, wrote on Tuesday in reply to filmmaker Michael Moore criticizing Trump's wardrobe, 'He actually looks better here! Maybe someone in his camp can gently give him a shiv. I mean, shove.'

Trump, who hasn't posted about this latest tweet, previously called Midler a 'washed up psycho' and 'sick scammer' after the actress apologized for unwittingly sharing a fake quote attributed to the president.

After trading barbs over social media, Bette (left) Midler escalated a feud with President Donald Trump (right) by tweeting a comment that implied he should be stabbed by joking, 'Maybe someone in his camp can gently give him a shiv,' which she deleted

In a since-deleted tweet, Midler, 73, wrote on Tuesday, 'He actually looks better here! Maybe someone in his camp can gently give him a shiv. I mean, shove'

The post was in reply to a post by Michael Moore criticizing Trump's wardrobe (tweet shown)

After Midler tweeted the comment, some took it quite literally and called for the Secret Service to get involved.

User @SophiaYates tweeted, 'Bette Midler said on a Tuesday night tweet “He actually looks better here! Maybe someone in his camp can gently give him a shiv. I mean, shove,” It means stab w a knife really! She threatened the President publicly. Secret Service please do something about her!!'

Others, however, pointed out that based on the language she used, it was not grammatically correct to be seen as a threat.

One user pointed out that to give Trump a shiv would be to give him a sharp object, and that the way Midler wrote it, it was using the word like the noun, and not the verb.

'@BetteMidler Suggested that someone from the Trump camp give our @POTUS a Shiv,' the person wrote, noting a shiv is defined as 'a homemade knife-like weapon, especially one fashioned in prison.'

The person added, 'The related verb shiv means "to stab someone" @SecretService @FBI.'

Another person wrote, 'A threat is not "maybe someone should shiv him". A threat is “I’m going to shiv him”. A CREDIBLE threat is “I’m seeing him tonight and I’m going to shiv him”.

After Midler tweeted the comment, some took it quite literally and called for the Secret Service to get involved

Others, however, pointed out that based on the language she used, it was not grammatically correct to be seen as a threat

Another person wrote, 'A threat is not "maybe someone should shiv him". A threat is "I’m going to shiv him”. A CREDIBLE threat is “I’m seeing him tonight and I’m going to shiv him"

Midler arguably kicked off the war of words by tweeting a debunked meme that featured a quote from a 1990's People Magazine interview in which Trump purportedly said: 'If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific.'

The meme first surfaced during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, at which point Politifact determined that there is no record of the then-Democrat making such a comment.

Twitter users quickly informed Midler of her mistake, and she responded in a tweet dripping with sarcasm.

'I apologize; this quote turns out to be a fake from way back in '15-16,' she wrote.

'Don't know how I missed it, but it sounds SO much like him that I believed it was true!'

Midler arguably kicked off the war of words by tweeting a debunked meme which featured a quote from a 1990s People Magazine interview in which Trump purportedly said: 'If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific'

Trump ridiculed Midler for sharing the long-debunked meme in a scathing tweet Tuesday night

Midler owned up to her mistake in a tweet dripping with sarcasm on Monday

One person responded to Midler's sarcastic apology writing, 'It's very truthy,' about the meme

Midler took that opportunity to reply, tweeting, 'I have to say, t (sic) sounded so much like "All Mexicans are rapists" and "I’m the greatest Predident" (sic) that I bought it! I think we should investigate who created that tweet! They really captured his tone and his personality! What a textual impersonation!!'

One person responded to her apology writing, 'It's very truthy.'

The singer-songwriter went on to retweet a news article about Trump's low approval rating in the United Kingdom, where the president currently on a state visit.

'This, however, is real. Suck it up, Trumpsters!' Midler mocked.

In a following tweet she wrote: 'Yes, one must always check the quotes. That should take up, oh, maybe 23 of the 24 hours in the day? Because there are SO MANY LIES, most of them generated by Trump himself, that the task of separating the truth from the lies is impossible. Which is just how he likes it. #CHAOS.'

Trump joined the conversation some 30 hours later, adhering to his longstanding tradition of late-night Twitter attacks.

'Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make "your great president" look really bad,' he wrote at 1.30am London time Wednesday. 'She got caught, just like the Fake News Media gets caught. A sick scammer!'

Her followers quickly came to her defense, for which Midler thanked them early on Wednesday.

One Midler supporter wrote in reply to Trump's namecaling, 'It (sic) Bette Midler apologized for making a false statement, that puts her miles ahead of you and everyone on your staff. Make no mistake, what you take to be a weakness, is exactly what makes her better than you by far. '

Midler's followers quickly came to her defense, for which Midler thanked them early on Wednesday. One Midler supporter wrote in reply to Trump's namecaling, 'It (sic) Bette Midler apologized for making a false statement, that puts her miles ahead of you and everyone on your staff. Make no mistake, what you take to be a weakness, is exactly what makes her better than you by far.'

Midler later posted, 'I want to thank everyone who came to my defense last night during my personal Battle of the Bulge with he who must not be named. Your wit and good nature really lifted my spirits; as a newly washed up psycho, I am very grateful for your thoughts and prayers'

Before expressing her gratitude, she got in another dig at Trump, writing on Tuesday, 'Trump said he was greeted by thousands in the UK, but they were actually thousands of protesters. How does he always hear the opposite of the truth? Donald, if you’re reading this you SHOULD NOT slam your d**k in a door!'

Midler has on countless occasions expressed her disdain for Trump.

She lambasted him over the weekend after he tweeted about Pride month, saying that the 'mental' president has 'harassed LGBTQ Americans since he took office'.