{"id":25891,"date":"2025-12-04T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25891"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:43:37","slug":"trump-takes-aim-at-ilhan-omar-again-as-somali-fraud-case-explodes-in-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25891","title":{"rendered":"Trump Takes Aim At Ilhan Omar Again As Somali Fraud Case Explodes In MN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Omar.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Omar.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Omar-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Omar-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Omar-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Omar-1536x825.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"859\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as \u201cgarbage\u201d and said Somalis should \u201cgo back to where they came from\u201d during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. His remarks come on the heels of several reports alleging widespread Medicaid fraud among the country\u2019s largest Somali community in Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s Minnesota congressional district.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want them in our country. I\u2019ll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s not politically correct.\u2019 I don\u2019t care. I don\u2019t want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir country stinks, and we don\u2019t want them in our country,\u201d Trump said of the historically failed nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Somalia, which is barely a country, you know, they have no, they have no anything. They just run around killing each other. There\u2019s no structure,\u201d he said before turning to Omar, a left-wing Democrat who has repeatedly criticized the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI always watch her,\u201d Trump said, saying she \u201chates everybody. And I think she\u2019s an incompetent person. She\u2019s a real terrible person.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>As for Omar, she responded on social media along with a video of Trump\u2019s remarks: \u201cHis obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1995957774510162165&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Ftrump-omar-4-97137%2F&amp;sessionId=f9b450232a343439b22a6e7eb9a28f95cd7b74c0&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1995957774510162165\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say that about other countries, too,\u201d he added, as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sat nearby. In a social media post Monday night, Noem said, \u201cI am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that\u2019s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as6078\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later in the meeting, Trump referred to Omar as \u201cgarbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren\u2019t people that work. These aren\u2019t people that say, \u2018Let\u2019s go, come on, let\u2019s make this place great.\u2019 These are people that do nothing but complain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, if they came from paradise, and they said, \u2018This isn\u2019t paradise,\u2019 but when they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but b\u2014-, we don\u2019t want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from and fix it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments came as a senior law enforcement official told NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to conduct an operation in the Minneapolis\u2013St. Paul area this week. The official said ICE is not specifically targeting the Somali community but may arrest some Somali nationals who are found to be in violation of U.S. immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p>The planned operation was first reported by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s remarks about Somalia were made at the end of the public portion of a Cabinet meeting that lasted more than two hours, after a reporter asked whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should resign in connection with widespread fraud involving Covid relief funds in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times has reported that 59 people \u2014 most of them from Somalia \u2014 have been convicted in recent years on criminal charges linked to the fraud schemes, which prosecutors say generated more than $1 billion in illicit payments from taxpayer-supported programs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump said, \u201cSomalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars, billions, every year, billions of dollars, and they contribute nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 500 employees in Minnesota\u2019s state government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/whistleblowers-walz-97135\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say Walz ignored repeated internal warnings<\/a>\u00a0about large-scale fraud involving state aid programs within the Somali community, and that he retaliated against staff who raised concerns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>The employees, who work within the state Department of Human Services, have for several years operated an anonymous X account outlining what they describe as ongoing cases of fraud and misuse of public funds. The group has previously directed warnings to state leaders and to Minnesota residents about patterns of financial abuse they say they identified in program oversight.<\/p>\n<p>In a new post, the employees alleged that Walz not only failed to act on their alerts but also took punitive measures against staff members who attempted to report the issues through official channels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-feed-container render-late-effect tbl-feed-frame-DIVIDER\" data-feed-container-num=\"1\" data-feed-main-container-id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\" data-parent-placement-name=\"Below Article Thumbnails\" data-pub-lang=\"en\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails-sca1\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_above-the-feed-premium-card-fp-delta pad-down above-the-feed-placement\" data-card-index=\"1\" data-placement-name=\"Below Article Thumbnails | Injected 1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails-pl1\" class=\"tbl-feed-card trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbs-feed-01-a-delta\" data-card-index=\"1\" data-placement-name=\"Below Article Thumbnails | Card 1\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_395481186\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbs-feed-01-a-delta trc-content-sponsored\">\n<div id=\"outer_395481186\" class=\"trc_rbox_outer\">\n<div id=\"rbox-t2v\" class=\"trc_rbox_div trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div id=\"internal_trc_395481186\">\n<div class=\"videoCube trc_spotlight_item origin-default textItem thumbnail_top videoCube_1_child syndicatedItem trc-first-recommendation trc-spotlight-first-recommendation trc_excludable\" data-item-id=\"~~V1~~-3164512680064220991~~XLoBDIRnzLnvt3Px9vznZVQj41btkMiGx6HGoIuldG4e79Ni-eBnd8iQ4KmvvX-QLT7euZie-0U4Mv7S7iQpFRrPoBOY73yHXt6FdUvP3goHQ6YqfrGcMarbxRr8bdi3jNXTPY7prkORY3or8RQOAbeIWWyhBy3Cmdr5c6SwkrtbKpMW28VZ5fYhq9OzsMkuQnd70_QU6rHN3rty2k9AnR_W7SWBPC4ULrElBobaXgIM3ikkBGlDLuZ7fhczHil-uq180H09KMMGWKDra9vB9w\" data-item-title=\"A Hat Made to Withstand Long Hours in the Winter Cold.\" data-item-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/static\/thumbnails\/1d142e2104137c5dbbb7ed91464158d0.jpg\" data-item-syndicated=\"true\">\n<div class=\"thumbBlock_holder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author&#8217;s opinion. 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