President Donald Trump has gone after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s appearance, calling the politician a “fat slob.”
“I had a little bit of a JB Pritzker joke. I was gonna talk about Pritzker and size,” the president said while pardoning turkeys Gobble and Wobble at the White House on Tuesday.
“I have a very cute little joke,” he continued. “Some speech writer wrote some joke about his weight, but I would never want to talk about his weight. I don’t talk about people being fat, I refuse to talk about the fact he’s a fat slob.”
Trump and Pritzker have clashed frequently in the past, recently over the governor’s firm stance against the administration deploying National Guard troops to Chicago.
“When I talk about Pritzker, I get angry, because he’s not letting us do the job,” the preside

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