I liked what Democratic President Truman wrote to a newspaper critic that gave his daughter a bad review.
""I've just read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an 'eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay.' It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful. When you write such poppy-cock as was in the back section of the paper you work for it shows conclusively that you're off the beam and at least four of your ulcers are at work. Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below! Pegler, a gutter snipe, is a gentleman alongside you. I hope you'll accept that statement as a worse insult than a reflection on your ancestry. - H.S.T.," Truman wrote. "
Good stuff from the years before twitter.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/f...-one-of-his-daughters-critics/article/2614314
Does this justify what President Trump said? Nope, but it is funny.