Pete Buttigieg had the best response to Trump's new nickname for him

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Pete Buttigieg has responded in the best possible way to Donald Trump's latest disparaging comment.

The president was asked about Mayor Pete's chances of becoming president in an interview with Politico and responded: "Alfred E Neuman cannot become president of the United States.”

For those confused, Trump was referring to a fictitious character which functions as a mascot for Mad, an American satirical magazine which hit peak relevance in the 1950s and 60s.

When asked about the president's jibe, Buttigieg seemed amused and used the opportunity to throw some subtle shade at Trump, who is the oldest person to hold the office.

"I'll be honest, I had to google that," said 38-year-old Buttigieg. "I guess it's a generational thing – I didn't get the reference."

[link:https://www.indy100.com/article/pete-buttigieg-response-donald-trump-alfred-e-neuman-mad-magazine-8909341|

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[Siwsan]

1. I think that's the tone and tenor every Democrat needs to adopt, responding to trump*

Just respond with a 'Grow up, and do your job.' tossed in his direction.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. MAD is probably the only thing Trump ever read.

n/t

[LakeArenal]

3. Lots of pictures.

Probably had it read to him

[Paladin]

4. Nah. Too much intellectual content. (nt)

[crazytown]

5. Pitch Perfect Answer

and cool No Drama Obama vibe,

Complete with the sting - Spanky should be worrying about ‘the China thing’

[patricia92243]

6. Be interested to see how much Mad Magazine subscriptions go up.

[DesertRat]

7. I hope that lots of people will google MAD Magazine

[crazytown]

9. !!!

[customerserviceguy]

13. Now that is funny! n/t

[mtnsnake]

8. Pete's response was way too kind and not all that witty

which will only result in Trump throwing more jabs at him in the future. If he wasn't willing to hit him back harder, then he should have just ignored him completely.

[leftofcool]

10. Oh please

Trump relishes in hard hitting jabs. It is what he loves and a couple of our candidates like Pete know this. What Trump hates is to be mocked which is what Pete does best.

[cwydro]

11. Thank you.

He’s way smarter than the orange thing, and they both know it.

[GemDigger]

12. Insult denied! nt

[Initech]

14. I would have used the Captain America response: