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Tim Walz Responds to Donald Trump Calling Him 'Seriously Retarded'

2025-11-28 03:03
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The president made the remarks about the Minnesota governor in a lengthy anti-immigration Truth Social post on Thursday night.

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has hit back at Donald Trump after the president called him "seriously retarded" in a late night screed against immigration.

"Release the MRI results," Walz said, quote-posting on X a screenshot of Trump's lengthy Truth Social post. The former Democratic vice presidential nominee was referring to a magnetic resonance imaging scan Trump revealed earlier this month he had undergone in October during a routine medical exam.

"I have no idea what they analyzed," the president told reporters at the time. The specifics of the MRI and the results were not included in the report of the exam made public.

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