Gov Tim Walz calls Trump ‘feeble-minded’ with no Iran war exit plan

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at a conference for progressives in Spain on Saturday, accusing Trump of being a “weak-minded, trigger-happy president” who has “no exit plan” from the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Walz made the criticism after a crowd at the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization event in Barcelona heard video messages from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on affordability and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talking about the “illegal and dangerous wars waged by Netanyahu and Trump in Iran and Lebanon.”

“We have a weak-minded, trigger-happy president who plunged us into a war where no threat was present, with no clear goals and no exit plan. We have to call it what it is. It’s fascism. Or at least it’s as curious as it is fascist,” Walz said.

“Look, it would be easy to stand up here and bash Donald Trump. He’s an easy target. And if you know me, we don’t get along very well,” Walz added. “But we have a lot of bigger fish and bigger problems to deal with in this room, because the truth is that authoritarianism is not limited to the United States. It is everywhere.”

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Governor Tim Walz gestures while speaking at the Global Progressive Mobilization conference in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

Walz also said, “Many of you may know me as the one who is not currently vice president of the United States, and all I have to say about that is that I am truly sorry about that.”

“But unlike our current vice president, I’m not here to arrogantly lecture you or scold you. I’m not here to pick a fight with the Pope, and I’m not here to organize a gathering for an aspiring local dictator. Instead, I am here to thank you and share some thoughts on what we can do to be part of a progressive movement that moves all of our countries forward,” he continued.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for a response.

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Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump attend the inaugural meeting of the Peace Council at the Donald J. Trump Peace Institute in Washington, DC, February 19, 2026. The council was created to raise funds for the reconstruction and stabilization of Gaza. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Walz told the crowd at one point in his speech: “Please don’t abandon the American people. »

“Go ahead, give up and condemn this monstrosity that sits in the White House,” he added, referring to Trump. “Keep the pressure on. Keep calling him out. Keep standing by him. Keep naming him. But know that there are more good people standing on the right side of history. There are more good people who care about equality, who understand that it’s not America first, it’s humanity first. It’s all of us together.”

The two-day global progressive mobilization conference described itself on its website as a “necessary alternative to conservative and far-right forces.”

Before Walz’s remarks, Trump took to Truth Social to criticize Spain.

“Has anyone seen how badly Spain is doing. Their financial figures, despite contributing almost nothing to NATO and its military defense, are absolutely appalling. It’s sad to see!!!” Trump wrote on Saturday.

A split image shows Pope Leo XIV, left, and Vice President JD Vance, right, amid tensions between the Vatican and the Trump administration. (Simone Risoluti – Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Begona Gomez, the wife of Spain’s liberal Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, was also formally charged this week with corruption following a years-long investigation into accusations she and her husband deny, according to Deutsche Welle.