“Compare Hand Size While You at It”: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bold Challenge to Donald Trump Left Twitter in Splits Back in 2019

Over the years, Arnold Schwarzenegger has put on many hats. He has been a champion bodybuilder, an iconic actor, and a successful politician. In all his roles, Schwarzenegger has shared famous rivalries with his contemporaries. Lou Ferrigno was Arnold’s arch-rival during his bodybuilding days. Sylvester Stallone became his nemesis as Arnold became a celebrated action hero. And as a politician (or ex-politician,) Arnie went 1v1 against the former US President, Donald Trump.

The former politicians were constantly at each other’s throats, seldom leaving an opportunity to take a dig at each other. While the two might be engaged in what seems to be a cold war-like situation, it was not always the case. The rivalry encircling them was scorching hot, and anyone who’d come close to it would feel the heat.

Arnold Schwarzenegger VS. Donald Trump: Enmity arising from Friendship

Shocking as it may sound, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Trump weren’t always enemies. The duo began their relationship on friendly terms. While appearing on national TV during ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ in 2007, the former US President claimed he and Arnold were “great friends.” Schwarzenegger appeared on the same show, hosted by Trump. Their friendship was so good that Trump paid off Arnold’s re-election campaign debts from 2006.

But the fruit of friendship turned sour for the two following Trump’s announcement of his Presidential campaign. Schwarzenegger refused to join it. In return, Trump took a dig at the low ratings of the new season of Celebrity Apprentice hosted by Arnold. Schwarzenegger became the host of it after Trump left to pursue other ventures.

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The duo engaged in a Twitter war, often going to extreme lengths to ‘one-up’ the other. An example of the same came with a curious tweet from Donald’s corner. Arnold came up with a witty reply to the same, thoroughly enjoyed by his fans.

Schwarzenegger’s reply to Trump had his fans jumping with joy

In a greatly exaggerated claim, Trump tweeted Schwarzenegger had died. The post was later deleted but not before Schwarzenegger took notice of it. He issued a tweet in response, tagging Donald in the same. Arnold wrote, “I’m still here. Want to compare tax returns @realDonaldTrump?”

Schwarzenegger’s fans loved the response, and their comments proved to be the perfect example of the same.

Some fans tried calming the Terminator down with their responses:

While others were busy making pop culture references involving Arnold’s famous movies:

As fans kept coming up with witty responses, some were happy to just sit back and enjoy the show:

One fan found the response, “too funny”

While another wrote, “great answer Arnie”

Some more reactions were:

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While we can announce no clear winner of the feud, Schwarzenegger probably won the Twitter war with his witty replies.