{"id":325717,"date":"2025-12-02T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325717\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:51:14","slug":"trump-shows-zero-remorse-for-insulting-tim-walz-with-r-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325717\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Shows Zero Remorse For Insulting Tim Walz With \u2018R-Word\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> isn\u2019t backing down after using an ableist slur to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz<\/a> (D) over the Thanksgiving holiday. <\/p>\n

Trump deemed the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee \u201cseriously retarded\u201d in a rambling post<\/a> on his Truth Social<\/a> platform Thursday, while also taking aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and former President Joe Biden<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One late Sunday, the president said he \u201cabsolutely\u201d stood by his comments. Regarding Walz, he noted, \u201cI think there\u2019s something wrong with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody that would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into his state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia,\u201d he said, as seen in video shared by Mediaite<\/a> and other outlets. \u201cWe give billions of dollars to Somalia. It\u2019s not even a country because it doesn\u2019t function like a country. It\u2019s got a name but it doesn\u2019t function like a country.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then added, \u201cYeah, there\u2019s something wrong with Walz.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s attacks on migrants, such as those from Somalia referenced in his Truth Social post, follow last week\u2019s close-range shooting<\/a> of two young National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal<\/a>, reportedly entered the U.S. in 2021 as part of the Biden-era Operation Allies Welcome after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but was granted asylum under Trump. <\/p>\n

Despite repeated backlash, Trump has made it a tradition to mark holidays with incendiary remarks<\/a>, usually targeted at his opponents. <\/p>\n

Last year, he dedicated his Thanksgiving message<\/a> to \u201cRadical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country\u201d before praising his \u201clandslide victory\u201d over former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> in the 2024 presidential election. <\/p>\n

His Father\u2019s Day message<\/a> that year featured similar language about \u201cradical left degenerates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walz, however, hasn\u2019t seemed too vexed by Trump\u2019s insult. Shortly after the president posted his Truth Social rant, the Minnesota governor fired back with a pointed message<\/a> of his own. <\/p>\n

\u201cRelease the MRI results,\u201d Walz wrote on X, alluding to Trump\u2019s head-scratching explanation of his October MRI exam<\/a>, the latest in a series of incidents that have prompted speculation<\/a> over the president\u2019s health. <\/p>\n

Appearing on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/a> on Sunday, Walz suggested Trump\u2019s \u201cmental capacity\u201d should be serious cause for concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere we got a guy on Thanksgiving where we spent time with our families, we ate, we played Yahtzee, we cheered for football or whatever,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cThis guy is apparently in a room ranting about everything else. This is not normal behavior. It\u2019s not healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump isn\u2019t backing down after using an ableist slur to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,12,3,8631,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-325717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-donald-trump","tag-news","tag-tim-walz","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}