Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump's insult: "I had Google for that"

Democratic Hope 2020 Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said, "I'm going to be honest, I had to do a Google search, I guess it's a generational thing" after President Trump called him Alfred E Neuman. Fictional fiction Alfred E. Neuman The cover of the MAD magazine began in the 1950s and Buttigieg was born in 1982.

"Alfred E. Neuman can not become president of the United States," Trump told Politico in an interview on Friday.

In response to Alfred E. Neuman's comment, Buttigieg not only said that he had to search for it on Google, but also "I did not get the reference." It's a bit funny, I suppose, but he's also the president of the United States and I'm surprised that he does not spend more time trying to save this deal with ChinaButtigieg's comments were captured in a tweet by the Politico California reporter Carla Marinucci.

Buttigieg is in San Francisco for several fundraisers, according to CBS San Francisco.

Although Alfred E. Neuman was used more often before the time of Buttigieg, the likeness of the character was often associated with former President George W. Bush during his presidency. In the 2000 count, The Nation magazine mentioned Bush as Alfred E. Neuman. In 2005, Hillary Clinton said: "I sometimes have the feeling that Alfred E. Neuman is in Washington," referring to Bush.

This is not the first time that Mr. Trump insults Buttigieg. At a rally on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said about Buttigieg "They call it Boot-Edge-Edge, they say Edge-Edge" and add sarcastically "it's got a great chance, does not it?"

"It will be great to represent us against President Xi of China," said Trump. "It'll be great, it'll be great, I want to be in this room – I want to watch this one."

Mr. Trump has, famously, inflicted numerous insults on his rivals, including calling Joe Biden "Sleepy Joe", Bernie Sanders "Crazy Bernie" and he frequently calls Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas", which US leaders have called for insults. In 2016, he called Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary", "Ted Cruz", Lyin "Ted," Marco Rubio ", Liddle Marco" and Jeb Bush, "Low Energy Jeb". At a rally in March 2016, Mr. Trump boasted of his ability to offer nicknames to his opponents.

"You know, you have to score people in a certain way when they are your opponents," Trump said.