Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s fracas with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly isn’t over yet. 
 
 Kelly, host of The Kelly File, returned to work Monday after a 10-day family vacation. And Trump quickly let the Twitter universe know what he thought about that. 
 
 First, he commented on her interview with author and activist Cornel West: 
 
 .@megynkelly must have had a terrible vacation, she is really off her game. Was afraid to confront Dr. Cornel West. No clue on immigration! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 Then he shared his opinions on Kelly’s show: 
 
 I liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 And finally, he retweeted some responses to his Kelly comments, including: 
 
 "@mstanish53: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly The bimbo back in town . I hope not for long ." — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 Kelly hasn’t directly replied to Trump’s tweets. Before his barrage began, she simply put up this: ||||| It appears the detente between Fox News and Donald Trump is over. 
 
 Last night, Trump blasted Megyn Kelly in a series of tweets and retweets, saying “perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation.” 
 
 I liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 He then retweeted another user who referred to Kelly as a “bimbo.” 
 
 "@mstanish53: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly The bimbo back in town . I hope not for long ." — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes fired back in a statement Tuesday, blasting the GOP front-runner’s “surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly,” who he said “represents the very best of American journalism.” He also called on Trump to apologize. 
 
 Trump, in a response, said in a statement “I do not think Megyn Kelly is a quality journalist.” He added that he hoped that he “will be proven wrong and she will be able to elevate her standards to a level of professionalism that a network such as Fox deserves.” 
 
 Trump also cited his strong standing in the GOP race, including a poll out Tuesday showing him well ahead in South Carolina. 
 
 Fox commentator Sean Hannity also took Trump to task for his latest attacks on Kelly. In a tweet on Tuesday, he described Trump as “my friend,” but also called on the billionaire real estate developer to lay off Kelly. 
 
 My friend @realDonaldTrump has captured the imagination of many. Focus on Hillary, Putin, border, jobs, Iran China & leave @megynkelly alone — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) August 25, 2015 
 
 The dispute between Fox News and Trump began following the opening GOP debate in Cleveland on Aug. 6. Trump complained that he’d been treated unfairly by Kelly when she asked him about his past comments on women. He told CNN the day after the debate: “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.” 
 
 His comment sparked widespread criticism, including from Fox, though Trump denied he was referring to menstruation. In the days that followed, it seemed as if Trump and the network had mended fences, a truce that now appears to have been short-lived. 
 
 Here’s the full statement from Ailes: 
 
 Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing. Megyn Kelly represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at FOX News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise. I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults. Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer. Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should. We have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we’re certainly not going to start now. All of our journalists will continue to report in the fair and balanced way that has made FOX News Channel the number one news network in the industry. 
 
 And Trump’s full response, via Politico: ||||| "I would have gotten to him very quickly," the Republican presidential front-runner told TODAY's Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview Wednesday. "This man gets up and starts ranting and raving and screaming, and honestly being very disrespectful to all the other reporters." 
 
 WATCH: Jorge Ramos is kicked out of Donald Trump's press conference 
 
 "Sit down, you weren't called," a combative Trump said as the newsman tried to ask a question that the candidate saw as being out of turn. "Go back to Univision," Trump later added. Ramos was then escorted out of the room by security, but later returned to ask two questions. 
 
 Donald Trump spars with Univision reporter Jorge Ramos at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, Iowa, on Monday. Scott Olson / Getty Images 
 
 On Wednesday morning, Ramos took to Twitter to respond to Trump. 
 
 I'm a reporter. My job is to ask questions. What's "totally out of line" is to eject a reporter from a press conference for asking questions — JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) August 26, 2015 
 
 Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has also been on the receiving end of some controversial comments by Trump, who continued to attack her on Twitter Monday after she returned from a 10-day vacation. He tweeted she was "off her game" and that her show would be better off without her, while retweeting comments criticizing her appearance and calling her a "bimbo." 
 
 I liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 "@mstanish53: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly The bimbo back in town . I hope not for long ." — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015 
 
 Lauer asked Trump why he was letting Kelly get under his skin. 
 
 "I haven't,'' he said. "You tweet a few tweets, or retweets in this case, that's not getting under your skin. I personally am not a fan. I don't think she does a good job. I don't think she's a very good professional. I think frankly the show's better without her, but that's up to them and they can do whatever they want. I respect [Fox News chief] Roger Ailes, he can do whatever he wants. I don't care." ||||| CEASEFIRE OVER 
 
 The Donald renewed his verbal assault on Megyn Kelly last night, and the head of Fox News struck back for the first time in public, demanding an apology. 
 
 Donald Trump—self-avowed “ratings machine” though he might be—has finally gone too far for Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes. 
 
 The Republican presidential front-runner, who has spent the past day tweeting and re-tweeting nasty insults about Fox News star Megyn Kelly, owes her an apology, Ailes demanded in an extraordinary broadside against the reality-show billionaire, issued on Tuesday afternoon. 
 
 
 
 “Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing,” Ailes said about Trump, who has been a frequent interview guest on Fox & Friends, The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity, and other Fox News programs since the Republican presidential debate that Fox News broadcast on August 6 at which Kelly asked him a tough question about his history of calling women “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.” 
 
 
 
 Trump immediately fired back in a statement. 
 
 “I totally disagree with the FOX statement. I do not think Megyn Kelly is a quality journalist. I think her questioning of me, despite all of the polls saying I won the debate, was very unfair. Hopefully in the future I will be proven wrong and she will be able to elevate her standards to a level of professionalism that a network such as FOX deserves.” 
 
 Ailes issued his statement a little more than 12 hours after Trump’s angry tweet storm. 
 
 “Megyn Kelly represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at FOX News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise,” Ailes continued, referring to a raging series of Trump tweets in which the candidate claimed Kelly was “off her game” on her first show after a 10-day vacation, and retweeted a crass assertion that the former Washington litigator is a “bimbo.” 
 
 
 
 Ailes, who scheduled The Kelly File at the all-important 9 p.m. prime-time slot, went on: “I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults. Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer. 
 
 
 
 “Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should. We have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we’re certainly not going to start now. All of our journalists will continue to report in the fair and balanced way that has made FOX News Channel the number one news network in the industry.” 
 
 
 
 Ailes's verbal howitzer against the front-running Republican—a highly unusual deployment for any news organization, let alone one that has been the GOP establishment and home of conservative viewers—comes after what seemed a coordinated defense of Kelly by at least 10 other Fox News personalities today on Twitter and on air. 
 
 According to CNN’s Brian Stelter, the pro-Kelly comments included Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade opining on Tuesday’s show that Trump is “totally out of control”; The Five co-host Dana Perino tweeting, “The intelligence, class & grace of Megyn Kelly shined last night after her week's vacation with her family"; anchor Bret Baier, Kelly’s co-moderator at the debate, tweeting that Trump "has made his feelings clear. But THIS needs to stop;" and Sean Hannity tweeting to Trump, "Leave @Megynkelly Alone."
– Those worried the Donald Trump-Megyn Kelly conflagration had burned out should don protective gear once more: Kelly is back from a 10-day vacation, and the real estate mogul is back to his online berating of her, USA Today reports. On the heels of his remarks that Kelly was bleeding out of her eyes and other orifices, as well as his issues with how she moderated the debate overall, Trump took to Twitter last night to elucidate his thoughts on Kelly's first post-vacay show yesterday. What the Huffington Post calls a "ceasefire" between the two parties, apparently orchestrated by Fox honcho Roger Ailes himself, came to an abrupt end shortly after Kelly tweeted a link last night to Trump's immigration policies. Trump's attacks began anew minutes later, after she squared off with Dr. Cornel West, who spoke on #BlackLivesMatter. ".@megynkelly must have had a terrible vacation, she is really off her game. Was afraid to confront Dr. Cornel West. No clue on immigration!" Trump tweeted, followed shortly thereafter with: "I liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation!" (Fox, for its part, says Kelly's vacation was planned, per the Huffington Post.) Trump wrapped up his Twitter tirade with a retweet of someone who apparently agrees with Trump's characterization of Kelly as a "bimbo" in a previous retweet. This one said, "The bimbo back in town. I hope not for long." (Trump's apparently not feeling very apologetic now, but click for a list of all his past mea culpas.)