Donald Trump huffed and puffed online after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore challenged him to walk the streets of his state.

The 79-year-old president lashed out on Truth Social on Sunday at Moore’s “nasty and provocative” invitation three days earlier to join him for some light cardio in Baltimore, calling the city a “crime disaster” and threatening to deploy National Guard troops.

Trump was so angry about the public safety walk invitation that he suggested he may pull federal support for rebuilding the city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year.

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        24 days ago

        It’s actually a pretty hurtful slur for people with actual intellectual disabilities, so best to pick a different word entirely.

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          24 days ago

          No, it doesn’t hurt anyone. Think of it this way You’re getting mad about black people rapping the n word because it offends you.

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            23 days ago

            You consider yourself intellectually disabled? I guess that does change things if you’re trying to “own” it.

            My reference point is a kid with Downs Syndrome asking me not to say “the R word” back in the 90s. I just haven’t seen the need to reintroduce the word since then.

            I admit the chances of hurting someone’s feelings are low, but a touch higher when you’re on the internet. I just don’t like the term being repopularized for some reason.

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                Ahh wish I could tell ya, but this was at a special olympics event at a local prison yard maybe thirty years ago. The kids all moved on after the event.

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                  23 days ago

                  So your story is you were at the special olympics and you were dropping retard bombs. doubt [x].
                  I take it back what events were you competing in?

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                    Lol I hate sports. I was a volunteer, and this was in relation to someone else who said it, and the kid was I think recounting the story to me as like a lesson on how to behave.

                    Maybe my boss put them up to it, idk. I did use the word pretty liberally back then – though yeah obviously not at a special olympics!