Trump calls Ilhan Omar 'garbage,' says Somalis should 'go back to where they came from'

The president launched into a tirade over Minnesota's Somalian population at the end of a two-plus hour Cabinet meeting.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as “garbage” and said Somalis should “go back to where they came from,” in disparaging remarks that have been strongly criticized by local leaders in Minnesota.

“I don’t want them in our country. I’ll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason," said Trump, who has a history of disparaging African people and migrant communities.

“Their country stinks, and we don’t want them in our country,” he said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

“I can say that about other countries, too,” he added, as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sat nearby. In a social media post Monday night, Noem said, “I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.” A source familiar with the plan said today that about 30 countries will be on that list.

Trump, however, focused most of his ire on Somalia and Omar, who was born in Somalia and has served in Congress since 2019.