Donald Trump responded to news that emerged Thursday from a 60 Minutes interview featuring former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe with a scathing set of tweets.

An excerpt of the interviewed aired on CBS Morning which was followed by a panel discussion with Scott Pelley who conducted the interview and revealed further details that emerged from the McCabe conversation.

Numerous headlines have emerged, including McCabe’s revelation that, in the week that followed the firing of James Comey as FBI Director, serious discussions occurred at the highest levels of the Department of Justice about invoking the 25th amendment to remove Trump from the highest office.

Also, Rod Rosenstein’s reported suggestion of wearing a wire to surreptitiously record conversations with Trump was not a joke, as he had originally dismissed, but in Pelley’s words were “so serious.”

News of the McCabe interview quickly spread across the morning show landscape, which certainly caught the attention of Trumpt who is something of a cable news connoisseur. So his response is not at all a surprise.

Employing his time-honored technique of “the best defense is a good offense” Trump tweeted:

“Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax – a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of “insurance policy” in case I won.

Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton people for her campaign – he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax – a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of “insurance policy” in case I won….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2019

….Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton people for her campaign – he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2019

Twitter was quick to react:

You don't have a wall.

Russia isn't a hoax.

No one is fooled by this stompy-foot act, Grandpa Ranty. https://t.co/I1P95dCdTj

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

All of this whining has not worked. The public trusts Mueller's investigation far more than Trump and wants the probe to continue. https://t.co/jLTHnHYr2T

— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) February 14, 2019

Andrew McCabe KNEW you were/ARE a COMPROMISED RUSSIAN ASSET that's planted in the US WH. You fired McCabe because you knew he knew the truth. It's that uncomplicated. You obstructed justice by firing him, hoping you'd get rid of an eye witness to your COLLUSION. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/nR3tQIZINT

— Barbara Patterson (@patte151) February 14, 2019

Now you're simply incoherent but, as always, your word salad is being served up only to excite the shrinking blind cult. You've fallen off the cliff and are plummeting to the ground, but as long as they scream and clap at the rallies you think you're still sky high. Sad & scary. https://t.co/qswd3zmPve

— Steve Worona (@SLWorona) February 14, 2019

Many years from now when historians put their final touch on this period. McCabe will be viewed as a hero, and Trump will be grouped with only Jefferson Davis as the most harmful Presidents in our history. https://t.co/LbLDNib8rU

— J Hougen (@HougenJ) February 14, 2019