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   The old horndog is at it again...   
      
   Trump Suggests He Appointed Doug Burgum to Cabinet Because Wife Is   
   Attractive: 'I Saw Them Riding Horses...'   
   By Willa Pope Robbins   
   Mediaite.com   
   Thu, January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM CST   
      
   President Donald Trump suggested that he hired Secretary of the   
   Interior Doug Burgum because his wife was attractive, claiming on   
   Thursday he initially wanted to work with Burgum because "anybody that   
   has somebody like" that indicates success.   
      
   Trump made his remarks from the Oval Office while signing an executive   
   order to address drug addiction, where he was joined by, among others,   
   Doug and Kathryn Burgum. Mrs. Burgum spoke in support of the bill,   
   discussing her own recovery from addiction.   
      
   At the close of the event, the president said he first saw the couple   
   in a video, where it was Kathryn -- not Doug -- that caught his eye.   
      
   "I saw them riding horses in a video and I said, 'Who is that?' I was   
   talking about her, not him," said Trump, gesturing to Kathryn. "They   
   explained it, and I said, 'I'm going to hire him' because anybody that   
   has somebody like you to be with- it's an amazing tribute."   
      
   Trump continued to laud the couple, twice claiming that Burgum's wife   
   was "a big part" of the former governor's success.   
      
   "It's a great couple, amazing couple, and she is very much a part of   
   his big success. He was a fantastic success, as you know, having been   
   one of the most successful business people. I saw him campaigning,   
   great governor, two-term governor. He did a fantastic job -- North   
   Dakota," said Trump. "And he's done a great job and I'll tell you what,   
   Kathryn is a very big part of it. I see it. It's just really one of the   
   fantastic couples."   
      
   Burgum was allegedly the president's initial choice for Vice President   
   in 20204, before his sons convinced him to select JD Vance. According   
   to an NBC report, Trump backed off from picking Burgum after Donald   
   Trump Jr. sent him a Breitbart article detailing Karl Rove's support   
   for the governor.   
      
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   Wife Is Attractive: 'I Saw Them Riding Horses...' first appeared on   
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