Don't Underestimate Tim Walz

He called himself Knucklehead

Over the course of my life, I learned one thing: People name their own personality traits and characteristics that they want you to think they have. However, that is never who they really are.

When I started at my first job here in the United States, my supervisor told me in our first face to face meeting: “I am very easy going.”

That was exactly what he was not. He managed to stand by my desk at 8am in the morning, making sure I was working, and also did the same at 5pm to ensure I was not leaving any minute early. He micromanaged the hell out of me. Every word I ever wrote was twisted. I had to copy him on everything. And he criticized my tone on everything. It was impossible to work for him.

He was the opposite of easy going.

My ex always claimed he was so funny. But in reality he hid his jabs and abuse as jokes. That is and never was funny.

So, I clearly missed when during the debate with JD Vance, Tim Walz called himself Knucklehead to get out of a challenging question. I missed this red flag.

Tim Walz comes across goofy and lofty and somewhat stupid. He reads gay. I think that is just a facade.

After hearing him over the last few days and the address he gave last night, where he doubled down on claiming that ICE was undertrained, unfairly targeting people of color, and that they basically acted like the Gestapo, I realized I missed something very, very crucial.

What if his “Tampon Tim” person with all he goofiness, gayness, and stupidity is just an act?

What if that has turned out to be his winning facade?

My brother and I have a hypothesis. The hypothesis states that the higher you rank in any government or corporation, the more likely you are Cluster B and know how to manipulate people. We know that both Elon Musk and Steve Jobs were known for being highly demanding and not easy to deal with. However, I am excluding these two from this assessment, because I also thing they are a unique breed that have been a net positive for our western society and progress. I just do not want to add to the billionaire bashing. It is not necessary for this assessment.

The people I am talking about are the ones that went through the corporate hierarchy with barely any real effort visible to the outside, but leaving a lot of “dead” bodies in their path. People that seem friendly and kind on the outside, but then are cold-hearted killers that can swing from one opinion to the other in seconds depending on what the Board of Directors or the CEO has just demanded. They do not care if others are hurt and often seem to manipulate everyone successfully to be their flying monkeys. They seem to be chameleons that seem to always be loved by any of their new bosses. And often even from their subordinates. They know how to manipulate and leave you with the exact impression of themselves they want you to absorb.

Unless you oppose them. Then they become killers and you better start looking for a new job.

We all know these kinds of people. I guess.

No, I am not saying everyone who has a successful career is this same personality type or an opportunist. I am also not saying that everyone on the executive leadership level is a narcissist or a psychopath.

But I fully believe Tim Walz is.

If he was dumb or goofy, he would not double down on ICE. He would be way more scared about the fraud in Minnesota. He would ask the president for help and not think he can stand his ground against the federal government and the law.

I do believe he is dangerous. Dangerous, because he would rather burn Minnesota down to the ground than admit that he was at fault or is guilty of some sort of negligence. His track record is pointing exactly in this direction.

I also do believe that the Walz we are seeing is not who his kids see behind closed doors. Does anyone remember the incident where he walked with his son on stage during one of his appearances in 2024 as the VP candidate? Where he seemed to unnecessarily aggressively direct his son around the stage? Everyone was claiming it was to protect him from getting hurt by something in the way. I do not know the exact detail, but I know how watching this makes me feel.

As someone who has been in abusive relationships both with my parents and my former husband, I can read nuances in facial expressions that others may miss. And what I saw was … danger. I saw a man hint the following message to his son: “Do not dare to embarrass me.”

And we all saw the emotional irregulation that his son displayed. He was 17 in 24, but displayed very immature reactions. His family came out with all the usual: He has ADHD, anxiety disorder, and a learning disorder. Basically the pre-trans repertoire of designer disabilities that many of upper middle class mothers picked up for their kids in the 90s and early 2000s.

I many of kids the same age with similar diagnoses. Too often, the parenting is worth a closer look.

And no, I am not saying that every mother with a ADHD kid is bad. I am saying I have seen in many cases where anxiety disorder is called out or learning disabilities, there are some unstable homes in the background.

I do believe Tim Walz is dangerous. And I wish people would stop thinking he is dumb or does not know what he is doing.

He fully does.

And he will not stop until everything is burned down or he is forced to resign.

I wish he would resign already. For Minnesota’s sake.