John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, exploded at liberal billionaire Tom Steyer over remarks he made to a newspaper in July 2015.

“I am deep in the middle of dealing with getting f***ed by the [New York Times], but I didn’t expect to get f***ed by you in the NYT,” said Podesta, in an email dated July 24, 2015. “Thanks a lot for jumping us. I hope President [Jeb] Bush helps you reach your climate goals.”

“I didn’t expect to get f***ed by you in the NYT .Thanks a lot for jumping us.”

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Podesta shot the email off at 6:21 a.m. on July 24, 2015.

The email exchange was contained in the seventh email dump of Podesta’s correspondence since last week by WikiLeaks.

Podesta appears to be angry about a July 24, 2015, story in The New York Times titled, “Today in Politics: A Billionaire’s Deep Pockets Come with a Big Catch.”

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The story reads: “On Friday, Mr. Steyer’s advocacy group, NextGen Climate Action, will announce that for a 2016 candidate to receive its financial backing, he or she must pledge to enact an energy policy that would lead to the generation of half the nation’s electricity from renewable or zero-carbon sources by 2030 — more than tripling the current use of such sources — and 100 percent from clean sources by 2050.”

But the part that irritated Podesta was likely a passage in which the reporter suggested Clinton had no climate-change plan.

“[Steyer] also declined to lay out a specific strategy for pushing candidates to make the energy commitments, but his campaign appears aimed at urging Mrs. Clinton to embrace them. Among Democrats, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Martin O’Malley have already cited ambitious climate-change agendas. While Mrs. Clinton has said that she intends to focus on climate change as a central issue, she has yet to lay out a specific policy.”

Steyer immediately protested his innocence.

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“John — have now read the paper. Didn’t think NextGen article was bad for you guys,” Steyer emailed back.

Podesta immediately shot back, “You and I have different perspectives. I wish you luck.”

Steyer again protested, referring to how Californians feel.

“Check the polling we released,” Steyer said. “This is very popular w/the American people. And then check the scientific news. This issue is blowing up. It is by far the most urgent issue in my home state. 48 percent rank it at number 1.”

Steyer apparently was rubbed the wrong way by the exchange. He gave $5,400 to Clinton’s Democratic rival Martin O’Malley on Feb. 29, 2016.