The Minnesota governor appeared to struggle when CNN’s Kasie Hunt asked bluntly: “Who do you think the leader of the Democratic Party is right now?”

Walz, 60, went silent and stared blankly ahead for several seconds before bumbling with a small laugh: “I think the voting public, right now, is what I would say.”

“We’re not going to have a charismatic leader ride in and save us from this,” he conceded of his struggling party.

Later, Walz was asked if he believed his former running mate, Kamala Harris, could be a future leader.

“I certainly think she could be,” he responded.

His awkward interview came just days after he signaled he would “certainly consider” running for president in 2028 — despite his crushing defeat this past November.

“Look, I never had an ambition to be president or vice president. I was honored to be asked,” he told “the New Yorker Radio Hour” on Sunday.

“If I feel I can serve, I will. And if nationally, people are like, ‘Dude we tried you, and look how that worked out,’ I’m good with that.”

“If I think I could offer something … I would certainly consider that,” he added.