The president also complimented Sean Duffy, Buttigieg’s successor as transportation secretary, by boasting about his ability to climb trees.

“Sean Duffy was the world champion for five years, climbing trees and down — up and down — world champion. So that’s what you call a serious lumberjack. And he’s doing a fantastic job, too, a really respected guy,” Trump said in Qatar.

It all started a week or so ago when Trump was blaming Joe Biden and the former Secretary of Transportation for the air traffic control problems in New Jersey. That's when Trump said this about Buttigieg,