- In a new book about former President Obama’s relationship with Joe Biden, Obama is quoted as saying that Pete Buttigieg is “too short” to be president.
- Author Gabriel Debenedetti said Buttigieg impressed Obama, but the former president “thought Buttigieg was too short and, as a former volunteer for Obama in 2008, seemed too young—and where such a large field would make breaking through that much harder.”
- Former President Donald Trump had great fun belittling Buttigieg’s short stature; he is believed to 5-foot-8 inches, at most.
