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riversedge

(78,960 posts)
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 10:56 AM 9 hrs ago

In a xenophobic rant during a cabinet meeting, Trump went off on Somalis and Ilhan Omar, the congressional representativ

There have been cases of fraud involving some Somalis folks.
Not sure what the outcome exactly was or is. But as usual, Trump blames and demeans the entire Somalis immigrant population.



See this article.









In a xenophobic rant during a cabinet meeting, Trump went off on Somalis and Ilhan Omar, the congressional representative who is from Somalia and is a US citizen. He said Somalia “stinks” and is “no good for a reason”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trump-somali-immigrants-minnesota?CMP=share_btn_url
Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community

US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of ramped-up deportation efforts in Ilhan Omar’s district

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trump-somali-immigrants-minnesota

Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
Tue 2 Dec 2025 16.20 EST

Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is reportedly increasing immigration enforcement against undocumented Somalis in Minnesota.

In a xenophobic rant during a cabinet meeting, Trump went off on Somalis and Ilhan Omar, the congressional representative who is from Somalia and is a US citizen. He said Somalia “stinks” and is “no good for a reason”.

“They contribute nothing. I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you,” he said. He called Omar “garbage” and said “we’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country”.

“These are people who do nothing but complain,” he said. “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.”.......................


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