And at the end of today’s two-hour long cabinet meeting, he launched into a shocking rant, claiming people of Somali heritage “contribute nothing” and saying he doesn’t want them in the country
Donald Trump unleashed his most shocking racist rant yet, complaining angrily about “garbage” being allowed into the United States.
The President has been launching attacks on people of Somali heritage in Minnesota. The state has the country’s biggest Somali heritage community – though it is still just 1.7% of the state’s population. Around 95% of Somali-heritage people in Minnesota are US citizens, either naturalised or by birth. But Trump has become increasingly enraged, launching attacks on the community on a daily basis.
And at the end of today’s two-hour long cabinet meeting, he launched into a shocking rant, claiming Somali people “contribute nothing” and saying he doesn’t want them in the country. He said people from the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on the social safety net and add little to the United States.
The president’s comment came days after his administration announced a halt to all asylum decisions following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington. The suspect is originally from Afghanistan but Trump has used the shooting to raise questions about immigrants from other nations, including Somalia.
“They contribute nothing. The welfare is like 88% or something. They contribute nothing. I don’t want them in our country,” He added, “Some would say that’s politically incorrect, don’t care. I don’t want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don’t want them in our country.”
He has repeatedly attacked Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who is originally from Somalia, using racist remarks and spreading unfounded conspiracy theories to his huge online following.
In perhaps his most openly racist public comments since returning to the White House, Trump went on: “Our country is at a tipping point. We could go one way or the other. We’re gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She’s garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren’t people that work. These aren’t people who say come on, let’s make this place great. These are people who do nothing but complain. And from where they came from, they got nothing.”