The president refused to back away from his use of a dated slur against Gov. Tim Walz.
President Donald Trump doubled down on his use of a shocking slur against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Trump, 79, stood firm on his line of attack against his Democratic foe after reporters aboard Air Force One pressed him on his use of the term "ret---ed" in a scathing Truth Social diatribe last week.
"There's something wrong with him, absolutely, sure," Trump shot back. "I think there's something wrong with him. Anybody that would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into a state and pay billions of dollars [to] Somalia -- we give 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."
The president first used the slur against Walz in a social media post claiming that Somalian refugees had taken over Minnesota, which was rocked by a massive fraud scandal.
"The seriously ret ---ed Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both," he wrote.