Former President Trump said Tuesday that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has had a “difficult few days” after being criticized for anecdotes in her new book, including that she killed her dog several years ago. He said there was.
playing cards sat down for an interview He spoke to Spectrum News 1 in Wisconsin on Tuesday ahead of his appearance in a hush money trial in New York City. The former president was asked about his impending selection of running mates, including Noem.
Trump said he likes Noem “very much” and that she is “someone who has supported me from the beginning,” but declined to comment further.
“I don’t want to comment on the people on the list,” Trump said. “But she’s had a tough few days, I’d say that.”
Noem came under fire last week as she made the rounds to promote her new book, No Going Back. In one anecdote, she recounted how, nearly 20 years ago, she shot and killed Cricket, her 14-month-old German wirehaired pointer, because she was misbehaving.
In another anecdote that has come under scrutiny, Noem told of her meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.But then multiple reports A spokeswoman for Noem’s office said Kim “is and should not have been included on the list of world leaders” and questioned its accuracy. The publisher said it would remove the anecdote from reprints at Noem’s request.
Noem has been heavily criticized for passages from her book in interviews on CBS, NewsNation, Newsmax and Fox Business Network.
The South Dakota governor was once seen as one of the front-runners to be Trump’s running mate in the November election, but a book tour and other controversies have made that possibility less likely, according to people close to Trump. It is said that it has collapsed.
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