Trump’s son criticise US South Dakota gov, Kristi Noem for killing dog

One of the Americans who attacked South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for murdering her dog was the son of former US President Donald Trump.

Republicans and Democrats have taken issue with Kristi Noem’s admission in a recent book that she killed her 14-month-old puppy, Cricket.

On Monday, on Donald Trump Jr.’s show “Triggered,” two prominent members of Trump’s inner circle—Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Jr.—questioned Noem’s judgement.

Trump Jr. claimed that shooting the dog “was not ideal,” while Bannon referred to Noem as “a little too based,” using a slang term used on the right to describe someone who, among other things, speaks and acts without worry of being politically correct.

At the conclusion of his programme, Trump Jr. brought up the vice presidential selection process, according to USA Today.

Donald Trump has long been linked to Kristi Noem as a possible running mate. The son of the former president stated that he wants to choose a candidate as soon as possible so that he may represent Trump in the media while he is being prosecuted for accepting hush money payments.

After interjecting that Trump had no shortage of qualified vice presidential candidates, Bannon stated that he would prefer to see a female running mate.

“Although Kristi Noem, I think, is maybe a little too based,” Bannon added. “Shooting the puppy in the gravel.”

“That was not ideal,” Trump Jr. responded, as both men laughed. “Not ideal. I read that and I’m like: ‘who put that in the book?’ I was like ‘Your ghost writer must really not like you if they’re gonna include that one. That was rough.’”

Noem writes in her book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward,” that she killed Cricket after a pheasant hunt, according to the Guardian, which obtained an advance copy.

Cricket disrupted the hunt by going “out of her mind with excitement, chasing all those birds and having the time of her life,” Noem wrote. Then, on the way home, the dog killed a local family’s chickens and tried to bite Noem when she intervened.

“I hated that dog,” Noem wrote.

She took Cricket to a gravel pit and killed the dog. That same day, Noem also killed a goat that was “nasty and mean.”

The story of Cricket’s death has drawn considerable backlash against Noem, including among conservatives and within the MAGA universe.

“Wow. No coming back from this. This is so heartless,” far-right activist Laura Loomer wrote on X.

Noem defended her actions, writing on X last week that “We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm.”

Bannon and Trump Jr. are particularly influential in Trump’s MAGA movement. Their concerns about Noem killing Cricket could be a bad sign for her vice presidential prospects.

Trump Jr. told the New York Post he’s been pushing his dad to pick a running mate like Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy or media personality Tucker Carlson, saying he wants someone who will be a “fighter.”