Trump Declares ‘I Don’t Want’ Somalis in the US: ‘That is Not Politically Correct — I Don’t Care’
President Donald Trump said he does not want more Somalis moving to the U.S. from the “hell” they escaped, saying they are “ripping off” the American taxpayer and “do nothing but b*tch” in return. He also said he would be happy to see Somalis currently living in the States leave the country.
The president’s searing comments were made towards the end of a televised Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
“They contribute nothing. I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you,” the president said. “Some will say that is not ‘politically correct.'” I don’t care. Their country is no good for a reason.”
He continued, “Your country stinks, and we don’t want them in our country.”
Trump’s comments come a few days after The New York Times reported some Somalis living in Minnesota orchestrated a fraud scheme that, according to federal prosecutors, stole “more than $1 billion in taxpayers’ money.” The president said that report and similar stories about Somali fraud rings show Somali immigrants are hurting, more than helping, America.
He also took a moment to rip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in particular. Omar moved to the U.S. from Somalia in 1995, at the age of 12 — and has butted heads with Trump a number of times since entering Congress.
“For years I’ve watched her complain about our Constitution… how she is treated badly, the United States is a bad place and hates everybody, hates Jewish people, hates everybody,” Trump said. “She’s a terrible person.”
Trump said the U.S. cannot continue to take “garbage into our country” like Omar and Somalis like her. He raged:
These aren’t people that work, these aren’t people who say “Come on, let’s go, let’s make this place great.” These are people who do nothing but complain. They complain. And from where they came from, they got nothing.
You know, if they came from paradise and said this isn’t paradise, [fine]. But when they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but b*tch, we don’t want ’em in our country. Let ’em go back to where they came from and fix it.
Watch above, via Fox News.
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