Trump bashes Bloomberg; Dem's campaign calls Trump a 'liar'

While much of the political world focused on Iowa and its caucuses Monday that kick off the election season, President Donald Trump has his mind on a Democratic candidate who's skipping the early-voting state.

Trump used a Super Bowl pregame interview with Fox New Channel's Sean Hannity to make a false claim about Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who has been blanketing the airwaves with anti-Trump ads.

The Republican president and Bloomberg are running dueling, multi-million dollar ads during Sunday night's game, the biggest sports event of the year.

Trump accused Bloomberg, who is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, of making a special request for a box to stand on if he qualifies for future presidential debates.

Why should he get a box to stand on? Trump asked, according to an excerpt released by Fox.

Why should he be entitled to that, really? Then does that mean everyone else gets a box? Trump is "lying,'' Bloomberg campaign spokeswoman Julie Wood said.

He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan, she said.

The full interview was scheduled to air Sunday afternoon.

Trump had already fired off a series of early Sunday anti-Bloomberg tweets, calling the billionaire part of the Fake News" and insisting he is going nowhere and just wasting his money, despite rising in the polls.

Bloomberg responded with his own aside: Looks like our ads are keeping you up at night.

We've got one in particular you should watch today."