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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump calls Somalis 'garbage' he doesn't want in the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/02/us/trump-ukraine-putin-news#ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paulTrump calls Somalis garbage he doesnt want in the country.
These are people who do nothing but complain, Mr. Trump said at the tail-end of a cabinet meeting at the White House. They complain, and from where they came from, they got nothing.
When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we dont want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from and fix it, Mr. Trump added as Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement.
Mr. Trump said Somalia stinks and we dont want them. He described Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat of Minnesota who came to the United States from Somalia as a refugee and became a citizen 25 years ago, as garbage.
We could go one way or the other, and were going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country, Mr. Trump said. Shes garbage. Her friends, garbage. These arent people who work. These arent people who say lets go, come on, lets make this place great.
Ocelot II
(128,533 posts)What a depraved thing to do! Aren't they supposed to be out pillaging or something?
I can't even...
leftstreet
(38,577 posts)Talking like someone's racist uneducated Grandpa on Nursing Home visiting day
kwolf68
(8,187 posts)Yea Trump, it sure is maddening to always having to be listening to someone constantly whine about stuff. I mean YOU would never do that.
I worked with someone from Somalia, one of my favorite human beings I ever met, an awesome women. But she is trash I guess, brown skin and all.
eShirl
(19,979 posts)his daddy too
Aristus
(71,411 posts)pfitz59
(12,192 posts)work their butts off! Many working multiple jobs. Most I've encountered are fastidious about appearance and hygiene. WTF does bubble-boy Trump know!
dalton99a
(91,440 posts)eShirl
(19,979 posts)fujiyamasan
(1,031 posts)A president (of either party) calling groups of poeple garbage.
Im too young for Nixon, but even he kept his racist remarks private. Ironically in public he supported civil rights legislation and even some affirmative action programs.
Trump is basically David Duke with a lot more money.
yardwork
(68,699 posts)It's possible that Andrew Jackson went around calling people garbage, I don't know. There have been some ignorant vile presidents before but Trump is next level.
malaise
(291,605 posts)Eff him.
Diamond_Dog
(39,387 posts)
Irish_Dem
(78,502 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,117 posts)The wheels are coming off
Irish_Dem
(78,502 posts)But yes we are beginning to see the unfiltered Trump.
It will get much worse before it is over.
Danmel
(5,651 posts)As the daughter of an Auschwitz survivor, I know where this type of talk leads.
I'm grateful my father isn't alive to hear this.
It is extremely troubling.
Rob H.
(5,760 posts)They're slamming Omar, too, and what is Agolf Shitler if not more easily-influenced than an angry toddler?
Edited to add article titles, which I won't link to:
Ilhan Omar Is Not the Kind of Immigrant America Needs - National Review
Ungrateful Ilhan Omar and the Somali scammers are the immigrants we DONT want - New York Post
Yahoo News characterized his tirade as an "extraordinary rant" because they don't have the balls to call him a racist.