{"id":2515440,"date":"2025-11-28T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-responds-to-trumps-jab-with-call-to-release-the-mri-results\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:50:52","slug":"tim-walz-responds-to-trumps-jab-with-call-to-release-the-mri-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-responds-to-trumps-jab-with-call-to-release-the-mri-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz responds to Trump&#8217;s jab with call to \u2018release the MRI results\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-walz-responds-to-trumps-jab-with-call-to-release-the-mri-results%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responded to a derogatory comment from former President Donald Trump, who had called Walz &#8220;retarded&#8221; while criticizing his handling of immigration and refugee issues in Minnesota. In reply, Walz posted on X (formerly Twitter) a challenge to &#8220;release the MRI results,&#8221; referencing trump&#8217;s recent annual physical exam that included an MRI scan. Trump has been publicly addressing questions about his health and mental fitness, emphasizing his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lashes-out-at-new-york-times-report-on-his-aging-never-worked-so-hard\/\" title=\"... lashes out at New York Times report on his aging: ...Never worked so hard...\">perfect physical exam<\/a>&#8221; and triumphant cognitive test results. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >exchange highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> between the two politicians amidst broader debates over immigration and Trump&#8217;s health.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tim Walz responds to jab from Trump with call to &lsquo;release the MRI results&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2412961\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3895071\/tim-walz-minnesota-somali-fraud-cases\/\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) dismissed President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3846601\/trump-undergoes-second-annual-physical-walter-reed-vein-condition-diagnosis\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who called the Minnesota Democrat  &ldquo;retarded&rdquo; for questioning his mental fitness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Release the MRI results,&rdquo; Walz wrote on X shortly after midnight on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3901401\/trump-pause-immigration-third-world-countries-shooting\/\">Trump says he will pause immigration from &#8216;third-world countries&#8217; after shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3889840\/will-trump-order-us-military-operations-nigeria\/\">Will Trump order US military operations in Nigeria?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3901330\/trump-announces-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom-died-from-her-injuries-after-shooting\/\">Trump announces National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries after shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s post was a reference to Trump&rsquo;s recent annual physical exam.<\/p>\n<p>Walz was responding to a Thanksgiving post from Trump in which the president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3901401\/trump-pause-immigration-third-world-countries-shooting\/\">outlined his opposition<\/a> to<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3901401\/trump-pause-immigration-third-world-countries-shooting\/\"> further migration from &ldquo;third-world countries&rdquo;<\/a> and also made a jab at Walz. The president was making an argument for how the United States can be &ldquo;just plain stupid when it comes to immigration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Release the MRI results. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v5iTvLwER9\">https:\/\/t.co\/v5iTvLwER9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz\/status\/1994279254075560266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great state of Minnesota,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In October, Trump &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-undergoing-radiation-therapy-to-treat-cancer-report\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Undergoing Radiation Therapy to Treat Cancer: Report\">received preventative health screenings<\/a> and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 boost vaccinations,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3846601\/trump-undergoes-second-annual-physical-walter-reed-vein-condition-diagnosis\/\">according to his physician<\/a>, Capt. Sean Barbabella. Among these screenings was a magnetic resonance imaging exam. Trump told reporters earlier this month that &ldquo;getting an MRI is very standard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What, you think I shouldn&rsquo;t have it? Other people get it,&rdquo; Trump said at the time. &ldquo;I had an MRI. The doctor said it was the best result he has ever seen as a doctor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is battling reports of declining health, which he largely dismisses by pointing to his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3378632\/trump-predicts-got-every-answer-right-cognitive-test\/\">cognitive test results<\/a>. When an outlet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3899670\/trump-new-york-times-report-aging-never-worked-so-hard\/\">hinted at signs of fatigue<\/a> in Trump earlier this week, he acknowledged that he is not immune to the effects of aging.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3899670\/trump-new-york-times-report-aging-never-worked-so-hard\/\"><strong>TRUMP LASHES OUT AT &lsquo;NEW YORK TIMES&rsquo; REPORT ON HIS AGING: &lsquo;NEVER WORKED SO HARD&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (&ldquo;That was aced&rdquo;) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now!&rdquo; Trump<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115616545250020843\"> wrote on Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Walz retorts to Trump&#8217;s insult, demands &#8216;MRI results&#8217; released<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2515441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trump-walz.jpg?1764325585&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67860,33579,36830,36113,3634],"class_list":["post-2515440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mri-results","tag-news-update","tag-political-response","tag-tim-walz","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trump-walz.jpg?1764325585&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515444,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515440\/revisions\/2515444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}