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Trump calls Vice President JD Vance 'incompetent' in barely intelligible rant

Trump calls Vice President JD Vance 'incompetent' in barely intelligible rant

US President Donald Trump looks on as members of his cabinet speak during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. Photograph: (AFP)

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US President Donald Trump admits his true feelings about his second in command while ranting about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. He called both of them equally incompetent. 

US President Donald Trump ridiculed his second in command while mocking another vice presidential candidate. On Tuesday, during the 9th cabinet meeting of the second term, President Donald Trump went on some incoherent rants. He said that he wouldn't know who is more incompetent, JD Vance or Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

“I think the man’s a grossly incompetent man,” Trump said, referring to Walz, “I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in a debate. I was saying, ‘Who was more incompetent? That man or my man?’ I had a man, and he had a man—they were both incompetent.” He further added, “I had a man and a woman, I thought she was very incompetent too. But now she’s leading the field, and I think she’s leading the field in the nomination.”

At the beginning of the meeting, he said that “generally speaking,” his Cabinet had many “high IQ” members. “A couple of them I’m a little concerned about,” while looking around the table.

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Trump, 79, dozed off in the Cabinet meeting

However, he appreciated that Kristi Noem kept the hurricane season without a hurricane: “You kept the hurricanes away.” Trump had a very glowering expression the whole time Vance was speaking. He was barely able to keep his eyes open while others were speaking. CNN anchor Pakman raised questions about the energy level of Trump during the meeting. Ana Navarro, a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator, responded, saying, "having your as* kissed for hours can be a little boring." Trump was incoherent throughout the meeting; he was referring to people in third person, ‘he’ and 'she', which was hard to understand for the White House reporters.

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