Trump’s Nephew, Whose Son Is Disabled, Slams President’s Use Of R-Word

President Donald Trump has been slammed by his nephew for using a derogatory slur in one of his Truth Social rants.

Fred Trump III, 63, whose 26-year-old son William has severe disabilities, questioned the state of America after his uncle called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz “retarded.”

“As the parent of a young adult with severe disabilities, the use of the ‘R’ word is never acceptable and is very hurtful,” Fred wrote on X.

“Where has this country gone that we even have to discuss this?”

Fred was referencing Trump’s November 27 rant about Somali migrants, in which he targeted Walz, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate.

“Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota,” Trump, 79, claimed.

“Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone.”

He added, “The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.”

Instead of walking back his comments, Trump doubled down when reporters questioned him on Air Force One on Sunday.

When confronted by a reporter telling him “many Americans do find [‘retarded’ to be] an offensive word,” Trump nodded his head and defended the comments.

“Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with him, absolutely, sure,” he responded. “I think there’s something wrong with him.”

The president continued, “Anybody that would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into his state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia.

“We give billions of dollars to Somalia. It’s not even a country because it doesn’t function like a country. It’s got a name but it doesn’t function like a country.”

Fred, who is the son of Trump’s late older brother, Fred Trump Jr., detailed some of his previous interactions with Trump in a memoir released last year and claimed that his uncle used racist language around relatives—including the N-word.

He also alleged that when Trump was serving his first term as president, he suggested that his son William—who was born with a KCNQ2 mutation, is non-verbal, and uses a wheelchair—would be better off dead.

In All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way, Fred described a May 2020 meeting with his uncle.

What he expected to be “a quick handshake hello” turned into “a 45-minute discussion in the Oval Office” that included disability advocates and then Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.

“I thought [Donald] had been touched by what the doctor and advocates in the meeting had just shared about their journey with their patients and their own family members. But I was wrong,” Fred wrote.

He said his uncle then told him, “Those people… The shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.”

Fred also recounted another visit later that year to Briarcliff Manor, where the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, N.Y., is located.

He reminded his uncle about his son’s medical trust, which Trump had previously supported, and mentioned that they “may need some help” with expenses.

According to Fred, Trump dismissed him again, responding, “I don’t know. He doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida.”

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told People at the time of the book's release that the allegations were false.

“This is completely fabricated and total fake news of the highest order,” Cheung said in a statement.

“It is appalling a lie so blatantly disgusting can be printed in media. Anyone who knows President Trump knows he would never use such language, and false stories like this have been thoroughly debunked.”