Donald Trump Jr. continued to be the grasp of the self-own after he tried to troll 538.com’s Nate Silver.

It occurred Sunday on Twitter after the president’s firstborn son got here throughout a Nov. 10 alternate on the social platform between Silver and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.

The 2 had been discussing how the polls underestimated the assist for Donald Trump within the Nov. three election, main some to surprise about their accuracy. Silver mentioned folks may have to simply accept that polls are an indicator of political tendencies, albeit one with uncertainties constructed into their findings.

If polls have gotten much less correct—it isn’t clear they’re however depart that apart for a second—folks principally simply want to simply accept that there is extra uncertainty. However as an alternative what’s going to occur is that individuals will simply be extra assured of their doubtful narratives and scorching takes.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 10, 2020

That didn’t ease Hayes’ thoughts.

I feel a measurement software that is concurrently changing into extra frequent and accessible and in addition much less correct is a reasonably unhealthy mixture.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 10, 2020

Silver than defined that, in reality, the polls had been extra correct than typical knowledge may counsel.

There’s not truly a lot proof that polls have gotten much less correct. They’d maybe their finest yr ever in 2018. 2016 and 2020 polling errors had been barely worse than common however inside a reasonably regular vary.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 10, 2020

5 days late, Trump Jr. barreled into the dialog able to defend his father towards nuanced takes concerning algorithms and scientific fashions. He accused Silver of simply making an attempt to avoid wasting his profession as a pundit.

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Silver swatted away Trump Jr.’s trolling by declaring the plain reality about his Dad’s political future (or lack thereof).

I am going to nonetheless have a job on January 21st, although.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 15, 2020

Others piled on the president’s son as a result of … do you want a motive?

Trump Jr. hasn’t responded to Silver’s comeback, however he has an extended historical past of posting tweets that backfire in his face, in addition to spreading disinformation concerning the 2020 election.

This text initially appeared on HuffPost and has been up to date.