Ilhan Omar says Trump made racist anti-Somali tirade because he ‘knows he is failing’
The congresswoman from Minnesota responded to Trump’s dismissal of Somali Americans as ‘garbage’Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born Minnesota congresswoman, has said Donald Trump is lashing out at her and her community with bigotry because he “knows he is failing”.The US president dismissed...
<p>The congresswoman from Minnesota responded to Trump’s dismissal of Somali Americans as ‘garbage’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ilhan-omar">Ilhan Omar</a>, the Somali-born <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minnesota">Minnesota</a> congresswoman, has said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> is lashing out at her and her community with bigotry because he “knows he is failing”.</p><p>The US president dismissed Somali Americans earlier this week as “garbage” in a<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trump-somali-immigrants-minnesota"> racist rant</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/trump-ilhan-omar-somalia">Continue reading...</a>
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