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dalton99a

(91,440 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:22 PM 14 hrs ago

Trump 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-paul

Trump calls Somalis ‘garbage’ he doesn’t 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 don’t 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 don’t 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 we’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country,” Mr. Trump said. “She’s garbage. Her friends, garbage. These aren’t people who work. These aren’t people who say ‘let’s go, come on, let’s make this place great.’”
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Trump calls Somalis 'garbage' he doesn't want in the country. (Original Post) dalton99a 14 hrs ago OP
I saw a couple of these "garbage" Somali women taking their kids to school this morning. Ocelot II 14 hrs ago #1
President of the United States leftstreet 14 hrs ago #2
ALL THEY DO IS COMPLAIN kwolf68 14 hrs ago #3
he's been a dirty racist all his life eShirl 14 hrs ago #4
Trump makes Richard Nixon look like Mister Rogers. Aristus 14 hrs ago #5
The Somali immigrants I know pfitz59 14 hrs ago #6
Trump is a walking trash can dalton99a 13 hrs ago #7
racism is irrational eShirl 13 hrs ago #8
This is something I don't recall growing up fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #9
It's unprecedented as far as I know. yardwork 12 hrs ago #14
And he called her name - Ilhan Omar malaise 13 hrs ago #10
A meme from the 2020 election Diamond_Dog 13 hrs ago #11
I wonder what he says in private. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #12
The same thing MustLoveBeagles 12 hrs ago #15
I think it is much worse in private. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #17
Dehumanizing people makes it easy to do terrible things to them Danmel 12 hrs ago #13
Someone must've read him articles from the NY Post and The National Review from earlier today Rob H. 12 hrs ago #16

Ocelot II

(128,533 posts)
1. I saw a couple of these "garbage" Somali women taking their kids to school this morning.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:27 PM
14 hrs ago

What a depraved thing to do! Aren't they supposed to be out pillaging or something?

I can't even...

leftstreet

(38,577 posts)
2. President of the United States
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:30 PM
14 hrs ago

Talking like someone's racist uneducated Grandpa on Nursing Home visiting day

kwolf68

(8,187 posts)
3. ALL THEY DO IS COMPLAIN
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:34 PM
14 hrs ago

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.

pfitz59

(12,192 posts)
6. The Somali immigrants I know
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:42 PM
14 hrs ago

work their butts off! Many working multiple jobs. Most I've encountered are fastidious about appearance and hygiene. WTF does bubble-boy Trump know!

fujiyamasan

(1,031 posts)
9. This is something I don't recall growing up
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 04:33 PM
13 hrs ago

A president (of either party) calling groups of poeple ‘garbage’.

I’m 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)
14. It's unprecedented as far as I know.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:08 PM
12 hrs ago

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.

Irish_Dem

(78,502 posts)
17. I think it is much worse in private.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:28 PM
12 hrs ago

But yes we are beginning to see the unfiltered Trump.
It will get much worse before it is over.

Danmel

(5,651 posts)
13. Dehumanizing people makes it easy to do terrible things to them
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:03 PM
12 hrs ago

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)
16. Someone must've read him articles from the NY Post and The National Review from earlier today
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:14 PM
12 hrs ago

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 DON’T 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.

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