President Trump lashed out at Charlamagne tha God over the weekend, labeling him "a low IQ individual," after the influential radio host's comments about the Republican Party and Jeffrey Epstein on Fox News.

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President Trump publicly criticized radio host Charlamagne tha God, calling him a "low IQ individual" after Charlamagne commented on internal dynamics within the Republican Party during a Fox News appearance. Charlamagne responded by urging the president to focus on performing well for all Americans and clarified that his remarks did not mention race.

Political analysts noted that Charlamagne's comments, made on a program featuring Trump's daughter-in-law, drew particular attention from the president. The exchange underscores Charlamagne's influence as a commentator on both Democratic and Republican politics, and the sensitivity surrounding ongoing political controversies.

Charlamagne tha God responds after Trump calls him "low IQ individual"

Welcome back. Over the weekend, President Trump lashed out at influential radio host Charlamagne Tha God for these comments on Fox News. I think there's a political coup going on right now in the Republican Party that people aren't paying attention to. Oh, interesting. Yeah, I think that this Epstein thing is going to be a way for traditional conservatives to take their party back. The president responded saying, in part, quote, he's, meaning Charlamagne Tha God, a low IQ individual, has no idea what words are coming out of his mouth and knows nothing about me or what I have done. Wow. Sabrina Rodriguez joins me now. She's a national politics reporter at The Washington Post. Let me play for you what Charlamagne Tha God said today, because you knew, we all knew, he would respond. Let us listen. President Trump, do you realize the best way to get the headlines you want is to simply do a good job? Is to simply do right by all Americans? He called me a racist. I didn't mention race not one time on Laura Trump. Sabrina, take my audience through this. I mean, I think it's fascinating what we're seeing here, Major. You know, Charlamagne Tha God, his biggest message to Trump was like, focus on the issues you campaigned on. Of course, what's interesting is, you know, Trump, this is on his radar because this happened on a Fox News program with his daughter-in-law, Laura Trump. So it was certainly a setting that was going to particularly peeve Trump to hear criticism about himself. And when you hear Laura Trump say, oh, interesting, that was a British interesting, like, that's not interesting at all. 100 percent. I mean, look, Charlamagne Tha God is a reliable critic of Democrats. While he has voted for Democrats, has, you know, supported Vice President Harris. And as we learned, some of that criticism was on point for where the electorate showed up and turned out. 100 percent. I mean, he has made himself someone who is speaking on behalf of a larger community. I mean, we've seen it with the Democratic Party looks to have, you know, folks sit down with him to do interviews because they think, you know, his audience is a largely black, but a lot of black men particularly are listening in. So they think, OK, wait, he can kind of give us a guide toward, OK, what we need to be talking about, how we need to be doing and who we need to be communicating with. Very quickly, do you think the president's reaction indicates a sensitivity, a hypersensitivity on Epstein? 100 percent. I mean, this speaks to just how much this is not going away for the president. And this is something that we consistently think about it. We've been talking about this for weeks now. So I think to have someone who is so in tune with pop culture like Charlamagne Tha God bringing it up just really hits at that sensitive spot for Trump. Sabrina Rodriguez, great to have you here. I thank you very, very much.

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