Our horribly racist president went on an ignorant rant about the Somali community in Minnesota.

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.

I’ve taught Somali students. I’ve visited Somali neighborhoods in Minneapolis, I’ve eaten in Somali-owned restaurants with food by Somali chefs. Fly into the Minneapolis airport and call for a cab, you’ll probably get a Somali driver. I have a lot of respect for Ilhan Omar, she’s fighting on the side of righteousness. I agree with her response to this racist abuse.

Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen who fled Somalia’s civil war as a child and has represented Minnesota’s 5th District since 2019, responded on X: “This president’s bigotry won’t silence our contributions to this nation. Somalis built Minnesota stronger. Your hate only exposes your weakness.”

If there is any corrupt, lazy garbage to be removed, it’s the person of Donald Trump. I stand with our Somali citizens over any Republican sleazebag.