Duffy unleashes on Buttigieg with swipe over which admin has accomplished more: 'Moved like a sloth'

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called his predecessor, Pete Buttigieg , a "sloth" on Sunday while laying out accomplishments under President Donald Trump’s second term through a video interspersed with footage from multiple iconic movies. "Pete Buttigieg moved like a sloth," Duffy wrote in a post to X. "I’m moving at the speed of Trump!" "He did nothing. He spent $80 billion on DEI and on climate change. We did more in one year than the last administration did in all four," Duffy added. Like other issues, such as border security, the video from Duffy highlights the Trump administration’s eagerness to use distance from former President Joe Biden as a benchmark for success. BUTTIGIEG 'GOT NOTHING DONE,' DUFFY DECLARES: 'PETE APPEARS UNBURDENED BY NO LONGER BEING A CABINET SECRETARY' When approached by Fox News Digital about Duffy's "sloth" comments, Sean Manning, a spokesperson for Buttigieg, referred reporters to a list of published accomplishments the department reported from 2021-2025. "Sean Duffy is looking more desperate by the day. The American people would prefer that he do his actual job instead of making up lies on social media or going on a seven-month vacation paid for by the companies he’s supposed to regulate," Manning said in a statement to Fox News Digital. In particular, Duffy’s video took aim at Buttigieg’s track record on trucking certification and air travel even as it touted other developments such as clearing the way for "air mobility" vehicles and investments in engineering through the Maritime Academy. "Buttigieg spent billions of dollars trying to patch together our air traffic control system," Trump said in one of the clips featured in the montage. The video, which included Lightning McQueen, the fictional Pixar race car, clips from Marvel’s Iron Man and even a scene from the Terminator, highlighted the $12 billion in funding for new air traffic controllers included in Trump’s signature Big Beautiful Bill as well as 12,000 applicants tha…