Trump ally who said he wished President Obama would die of ‘cow disease’ and wanted Michelle to ‘return to being a male in the outback’ is told to resign In an email to a magazine, Paladino said he hoped President Obama died of mad cow disease after ‘having relations with a Hereford’ He said he wanted Michelle Obama to ‘return to being a male’ so she could live with a ‘gorilla in the outback of Zimbabwe’ A controversial Trump ally has been told to resign his school board job a week after shocking comments about Barack and Michelle Obama. Carl Paladino said he wished the president would die of mad cow disease while the first lady should ‘return to being a male’ in the ‘Zimbabwean outback’ in an extraordinary outburst.