Trump says Walz 'embarrassed himself' compared to Vance's 'brilliance' at VP debate

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "embarrassed himself" during Tuesday night’s vice statesmanlike debate, portion Sen. JD Vance's dependable presumption "reconfirmed" his prime to marque the legislator from Ohio his moving mate.

Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital connected Wednesday morning, hours aft Vance, R-Ohio, and Walz faced disconnected successful the CBS News vice statesmanlike statement successful New York City. The 2 sparred connected issues similar overseas policy, borderline security, termination and clime change, portion introducing themselves and their records to the American people. 

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"JD was fantastic past nighttime — it conscionable reconfirmed my choice," Trump told Fox News Digital. "There was a brilliance to what helium did." 

"On the different hand, Tim Walz proved to beryllium a antheral that doesn’t person it successful immoderate mode signifier oregon signifier for the bureau that helium is seeking, though I would enactment him a ample fig of steps supra Kamala," Trump said.

The erstwhile president and Republican statesmanlike nominee said Walz "embarrassed himself and the Democrat Party past nighttime but was made to look adjacent worse by JD’s superb performance." 

"This is what the state needs; astute people, not radical that can’t enactment 2 sentences together," Trump said. "We person to instrumentality our state back." 

Former President Trump and vice statesmanlike campaigner U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, look connected the archetypal time of the Republican National Convention connected July 15, 2024.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Vice statesmanlike debates are traditionally seen arsenic second-tier, but with Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris improbable to statement again earlier voters formed their ballots connected Nov. 5, the stakes were raised for their moving mates arsenic they attempted to tackle the most important issues facing the nation. 

CBS News anchors Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderated the statement successful New York City Tuesday night, which was filled with much substantive argumentation treatment than idiosyncratic jabs. Tuesday began with astir 50,000 unionized dockworkers going connected onslaught from Maine to Texas and ended with Iran launching its largest onslaught connected Israel successful history, firing astir 250 ballistic missiles astatine the Jewish State. 

The archetypal question for Walz and Vance was whether they would enactment a preemptive onslaught by Israel connected Iran. 

A visibly shaky Walz had a unsmooth commencement to the debate, pausing and stumbling implicit his words arsenic helium spoke astir the request for "steady leadership" from the White House. Instead of answering the question, Walz took a changeable astatine Trump. 

"What’s cardinal present is that dependable enactment is going to matter," Walz said, pointing to Trump’s statement show against Harris past month. "It’s clear, and the satellite saw it connected that statement signifier a fewer weeks ago. A astir 80-year-old Donald Trump talking astir assemblage sizes is not what we request successful this moment." 

But Vance, successful his archetypal answer, defended Trump, saying helium "delivered stableness to the world, and helium did it by establishing effectual deterrence." 

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"People were acrophobic of stepping retired of line," Vance said. "Donald Trump recognized that for radical to fearfulness the United States, you needed bid done strength. They needed to admit that if they got retired of line, the United States' planetary enactment would enactment stableness and bid backmost successful the world." 

JD Vance, left, and Tim Walz, right (Credit: CBS)

As for a preemptive strike, Vance said, "It is up to Israel what they deliberation they request to bash to support their state safe. And we should enactment our allies wherever they are, erstwhile they’re warring the atrocious guys."

Walz fired back. He slammed the Trump medication for pulling retired of the Iran Nuclear Deal, saying Iran is "closer to a atomic limb than they were earlier due to the fact that of Donald Trump’s fickle leadership," adding Harris is providing "steady leadership." 

"You blasted Donald Trump, but who has been the vice president for the past 3½ years? And the reply is, your moving mate, not mine," Vance said. 

Vance, again defending Trump, saying helium "consistently made the satellite much secure." 

"Gov. Walz tin knock Donald Trump’s tweets, but effective, astute diplomacy and bid done spot is however you bring stableness backmost to a precise breached world," Vance said. "Donald Trump has already done it erstwhile before." 

Vance besides urged voters to inquire themselves, "When was the past clip that an American president didn’t person a large struggle interruption out?" 

"The lone reply is during the 4 years that Donald Trump was president," Vance said. 

The statement shifted to the ongoing situation astatine the confederate border, a apical contented for voters. 

Vance said helium has already been to the borderline much than "border czar" Kamala Harris, portion touting Trump’s program to unafraid the border. 

But Walz blasted Trump for his alleged efforts to get Republicans to ballot against a borderline bill. 

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"As soon arsenic it was getting acceptable to walk and really tackle this, Donald Trump said no, told [lawmakers] to ballot against it, due to the fact that it gives him a run issue," Walz said. "What would Donald Trump speech astir if we really did immoderate of these things?"

On the aforesaid topic, moderators asked Vance whether helium and Trump would enactment household separation arsenic portion of Trump's projected "mass deportation" should helium beryllium elected. 

"We person 320,000 children that the Department of Homeland Security has efficaciously lost," Vance explained. "Some of them person been enactment trafficking. Some of them, hopefully, are astatine homes with their families.

JD Vance and Tim Walz debated connected Tuesday nighttime successful New York City with conscionable weeks until the election.  (Reuters)

"Some of them person been utilized arsenic cause trafficking mules. The existent household separation argumentation successful this state is, unfortunately, Kamala Harris' wide unfastened confederate border. And I'd inquire my chap Americans to retrieve erstwhile she came into office, she said she was going to bash this. Real enactment would beryllium saying, 'You cognize what, I screwed up. We're going to spell backmost to Donald Trump's borderline policies.' I privation that she would bash that. It would beryllium bully for each of us." 

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As for the contented of abortion, different apical contented for voters this cycle, Walz maintained that helium and Harris are pro-choice, portion Vance said Republicans request to "do truthful overmuch amended of a occupation astatine earning the American people's spot backmost connected this issue, wherever they, frankly, conscionable don't spot us." 

"And I deliberation that's 1 of the things that Donald Trump and I are endeavoring to do. I privation us, arsenic a Republican Party, to beryllium pro-family successful the fullest consciousness of the word. I privation america to enactment fertility treatments. I privation america to marque it easier for moms to spend to person babies," Vance said. "I privation to marque it easier for young families to spend a location truthful they tin spend a spot to rise that family. And I deliberation there's truthful overmuch that we tin bash connected the nationalist argumentation beforehand conscionable to springiness women much options close now."