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Keith Olbermann Just Slammed Eric Trump So Hard on Twitter That He Blocked Him

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One came out the victor, and the other was Eric Trump.

Everybody loves a good Twitter war.

So Twitter users were in for a treat Sunday morning, when political commentator Keith Olbermann got into an online scuffle with Eric Trump.

It all started with Kellyanne Conway tweeting about Donald Trump Jr. and slyly referencing allegations of favor peddling by the Clinton Foundation.

That's when Olbermann tweeted a response, throwing Eric Trump and his charity some major shade:

Trump didn't take kindly to the comment, firing a tweet back at Olbermann:

That's when Olbermann went in for the kill:

He then referenced a Forbes article that casts some major suspicion on Trump's charity:

Olbermann then gave Trump a lesson on the meaning of "charity":

And finished with a smackdown:

Trump responded by blocking Olbermann.

The Forbes article referenced by Olbermann found that the Eric Trump Foundation paid President Trump's businesses $1.2 million in expenses related to the foundation's annual charity event between 2007 and 2015, which is held at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y.

While donors were led to believe a more substantial portion of their donations would go toward the funding of children's cancer research, it was found that tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars went to the golf club, starting with $50,000 in 2007 and eventually rising to $322,000 in 2015.

According to experts and former employees, there's no way to explain that amount, leading many, including Olbermann, to believe that the Trump Organization has been making a profit.

Many agreed with Olbermann's sentiments:

And as for Eric blocking Olbermann...

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