President Donald Trump reaffirmed comments he made last week in which he referred to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democrat vice presidential nominee, as “severely retarded.”

The president addressed the subject Sunday while speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight from Palm Beach to Washington, DC.

A reporter asked Trump whether he stood by the term he used in his Thanksgiving post on X.

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Trump replied, “Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with him. Do you have a problem with it?”

He continued, “I think there’s something wrong with him … Anybody that would allow those people into a state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia. We gave billions of dollars to Somalia — it’s not even a country because it doesn’t function like a country. It’s got a name, but it doesn’t function like a country. Yeah, there’s something wrong with Walz.”

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In his Thanksgiving post, Trump wrote that the nation’s “refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II,” and cited Minnesota as an example.

He said, “As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota.

Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone.”

Trump continued in the same post, describing Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar.

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He wrote, “The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst ‘Congressman/woman’ in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how ‘badly’ she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc…”

Trump also wrote that he “will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.”

Walz responded Sunday during public remarks.

He said it was “a badge of honor” to be insulted by the president.

The exchange comes as national debate continues over immigration policy, refugee resettlement programs, and public safety concerns cited by both state and federal officials.

The comments from Trump and Walz were the latest in a series of public statements between the president and prominent Minnesota political figures, including ongoing disputes related to immigration enforcement and state-level refugee policy.

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No further statements were issued by the White House or the Minnesota governor’s office following the president’s remarks aboard Air Force One.

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