Father of 13-year-old cancer survivor honored by Trump calls out Rachel Maddows bad energy

The father of Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel — the 13-year-old cancer survivor who was made an honorary US Secret Service agent during President Trump’s Congressional address Tuesday — has no patience for Rachel Maddow undermining his son’s moment.“She needs to shut her mouth if she has nothing nice to say,” Theodis Daniel told The Post of the MSNBC anchor, who declared Trump “disgusting” for calling out DJ and his cancer battle.“This lady didn’t even serve time in the military,” he added.“I was on the USS Kitty Hawk.

She does not need to put her bad energy on us.”DJ stole hearts and inspired a nation when the young Texan was made an honorary US Secret Service agent by director Sean Curran.“The White House reached out to us and said that President Trump wants to meet Devarjaye,” Theodis Daniel, the boy’s father, told The Post.“They flew us out and FBI agents picked us up at the airport.”After being sworn in and meeting border czar Tom Homan, DJ and his dad were escorted to prime seats for Trump’s speech.

“We sat next to Mr.Elon [Musk], the first lady was in front of us and Kash Patel was at my son’s right shoulder,” said Theodis, a 47-year-old former machinist mate and fireman with the Navy.

“The first lady was nice, sweet, down to earth.Mr.

Elon shook hands with us.”While the Daniel family’s friends and relatives were surprised to hear DJ being favorably singled out by the president — who called him “a young man who truly loves our police” — they were not shocked.According to Theodis, the Secret Service induction marked the young teen’s 909th swear-in as an honorary law enforcer.“I thought it was awesome for my nephew.

He deserves it,” DJ’s aunt Jane Daniel told The Post of the accolades from Trump.“I think that such an honor will help him to reach his goals.

If you can accomplish this, you can accomplish anything.”DJ received his shocking brain cancer diagnosis in September 2018, when he wa...