'Sick puppy' Tim Walz should never have been on Dems' 2024 ticket, Trump says

President Donald Trump called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a "sick puppy" who should not person landed connected the Democrats' 2024 statesmanlike ticket. 

"He's a sick puppy, that guy, that mediocre guy. I consciousness atrocious for him," Trump said Thursday from the Oval Office portion gathering with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. "But, they made a atrocious prime with him."

Trump's comments followed a newsman asking Trump astir his narration with Elon Musk aft the erstwhile Department of Government Efficiency main repeatedly assailed the "big beauteous bill," the sweeping authorities that volition money the Trump administration's docket and touted by the president arsenic cardinal authorities that demands GOP unity for passage. 

Musk was a cardinal state of Trump's during the run cycle, holding rallies successful the apical 7 battleground states to rally support, including successful Pennsylvania. 

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Gov. Tim Walz astatine the Democratic National Convention successful Chicago successful August 2024. (Getty Images)

Trump remarked that the Democrat Party should person tapped Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to articulation erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic her moving mate connected the statesmanlike ticket, but alternatively chose Walz.

"Elon endorsed maine precise strongly. He really went up and campaigned for me. I deliberation I would person won. Susie would accidental I would person won Pennsylvania easy anyway, adjacent if the politician had the existent governor, not the governor, for a Minnesota," Trump said earlier calling Walz a "sick puppy." 

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"But if you picked Shapiro oregon anybody else, I spoke to him precocious astir his, you know, his location being acceptable connected fire, which was terrible. But if they picked him, I would person won Pennsylvania," helium added, referring to however Shapiro's location was targeted by arson portion his household slept backmost successful April. 

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called connected Republican lawmakers to walk the "big beauteous bill." (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)

Walz joined Harris connected the Democrat summons successful August 2024, conscionable days aft President Joe Biden dropped retired of the contention successful July 2024 amid mounting concerns implicit his intelligence acuity, giving mode to Harris astatine the apical of the ticket. The Harris run had conscionable much than 100 days betwixt Biden dropping retired and rallying enactment for the Harris-Walz summons earlier Election Day connected Nov. 5. 

After the election, Walz revealed helium would tally for president successful 2028 if the accidental presented itself. 

"Well, I had a person archer me, ‘Never crook down a occupation you haven’t been offered,’" Walz told the New Yorker successful March erstwhile asked if helium would tally for president. 

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President Donald Trump called Gov. Tim Walz a "sick puppy" connected Thursday. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)

"If I deliberation I could connection thing ... I would surely see that," helium said. "I’m also, though, not arrogant capable to judge there’s a batch of radical that tin bash this."

He said that nether the close circumstances and if helium had the close "skill set" for the 2028 race, "I’ll bash it."

"You mightiness bash it?" the New Yorker asked. 

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"I’ll bash immoderate it takes," Walz said. "I surely wouldn’t beryllium arrogant capable to deliberation that it needs to beryllium me."