Former President Trump praised the performance of U.S. Sen. J.D. He called him “amazing.”
“JD was great last night. It just reaffirmed my choice,” President Trump said on Fox News Digital. interview Wednesday morning. “There was a brilliance in what he was doing.”
Trump added that Walz “embarrassed himself and the Democratic Party last night, but he made an even worse impression with J.D.'s great performance.”
Despite former President Walz's sharp criticism, President Trump said he still views the governor in a better light than Vice President Harris.
“On the other hand, Tim Walz, who I think is much better than Kamala, has proven to be someone who is not in any way equipped for the position he is seeking,” Trump said. said.
President Trump had already praised Vance on the social platform Truth Social, saying in a post that his running mate “knocked it down.”
“JD destroyed it! Waltz was a low IQ disaster – much like Kamala,” Trump said.I wrote it in one post.. “Our country will never recover from the administration of these two men. Can you imagine them representing us as sharp, ferocious foreign leaders? I can't!”
After last night's showdown between Mr. Vance and Mr. Walz, the senator received great reviews for his performance, with pundits describing him as “sharp,” delivering a “great performance,” and even some Democrats also praised his presentation.
“You know, J.D. Vance was a better debater than Donald Trump,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) told Jimmy Kimmel after Tuesday's debate. “Donald Trump should have learned a lesson from him.”
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat called Vance's performance “intimidating” but called Waltz's presentation “a nervous rambling.”
“For Vance, it was a great performance. For Waltz, it was a nervous rambling affair. For the audience, it was the most civil and substantive debate of the Trump era,” he wrote.
According to CBS public opinion pollForty-two percent of debate watchers said Vance won the debate, and 41% said Walz beat the senator. According to a poll by CBS, which hosted the debate, 17% of respondents said they were in the same boat.
The Hill has reached out to Harris Walz's campaign for comment.
