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Trump rips Somali community as federal agents reportedly eye Minnesota enforcement sweep

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President Donald Trump called a bloc of Somali migrants to Minnesota “garbage” who rely too heavily on the U.S. welfare state, as ICE reportedly eyes ramped-up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities.

Speaking at his ninth Cabinet meeting of 2025 on Tuesday, Trump said that Somalis have made a mess of Minneapolis-St. Paul, and characterized Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as their political figurehead.

His comments come as a New York Times report claimed ICE is prepared to launch an “intensive immigration enforcement operation” targeting the Twin Cities. The paper claimed it would target the Somali population, but a top DHS official told Fox News Digital the agency never prosecutes based on race – only immigration status.

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President Donald Trump, left; Rep. Ilhan A. Omar, right. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images; Tom Williams/Getty Images)

At the White House, Trump lambasted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over a burgeoning scandal in St. Paul over what the Times said were “several fraud schemes proliferated in parts of Minnesota’s Somali community.”

According to the report, multiple individuals allegedly created companies that billed the state for millions in fraudulent payments.

“Walz is a grossly incompetent man; there’s something wrong with him,” Trump said of the Box Butte, Nebraska native who was also Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate.

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Walz defended himself to The New York Times, saying the programs under scrutiny “are set up to move money to people.”

“The programs are set up to improve people’s lives, and in many cases, the criminals find the loopholes,” he said.

Trump, meanwhile, said Somalia “is barely a country, where they run around killing each other.”

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“Ilhan Omar is garbage – her friends are garbage,” he said.

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“When they come from hell, and they complain and do nothing but bitch — we don’t want them in our country. Let ’em go back to where they came from and fix it,” he said.

Trump also revisited allegations that Omar, who is from Mogadishu, allegedly “married her brother” to obtain U.S. citizenship.

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After her 2016 Democratic State House primary upset that launched her political career, Omar told Minnesota Public Radio that she married Ahmed Hirsi – with whom she has three children – but is also separated from a second man who lives in England.

A conservative blog at the time claimed Omar was simultaneously married to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and claimed the man could also be her brother – but the congresswoman called such claims “absurd and offensive.”

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In 2020, Omar married political consultant Tim Mynett, and wrote on Instagram that she had gone from “partners in politics to partners in life – so blessed. Alhamdulillah.”

Of claims ICE is going to target Somalis in the Twin Cities, Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin dismissed such claims:

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“Every day, ICE enforces the laws of the nation across the country. What makes someone a target of ICE is not their race or ethnicity, but the fact that they are in the country illegally.”

“We do not discuss future or potential operations,” she said.

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In response to Trump, Omar said the president’s “obsession with me is creepy.”

“I hope he gets the help he desperately needs,” she said on X.

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Ilhan Omar calls Trump an ‘unhinged lunatic,’ urges booting him out of office

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called President Donald Trump an “unhinged lunatic” in a Monday post on X, advocating for him to be ousted from office.

“This is not ok. Invoke the 25th amendment. Impeach. Remove. This unhinged lunatic must be removed from office,” she asserted.

The left-wing lawmaker made the comments while sharing a screenshot of the president’s controversial Easter Sunday Truth Social post threatening attacks against Iranian power plants and bridges.

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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., poses for a portrait in her office on Capitol Hill on Wednesday Dec. 10, 2025.  (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F[—]in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,” Trump wrote in the post, referring to the Strait of Hormuz. 

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., warned in a Monday post on X, “Threatening to target power plants and other non-military targets is not strength. If those words become orders to destroy civilian infrastructure with no valid military purpose, it’s hard to see how they would not violate the laws of armed conflict. America leads best with strength, discipline, and professionalism. Illegal orders to make civilians suffer would be a black mark on our military and our country.”

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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., during a news conference ahead of the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., declared in a Sunday post on X, “President Trump’s profanity-laden Easter threat to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—are the words of a frustrated and immoral madman. Many experts agree that such attacks would be war crimes under international law. To our military leaders, remember this: You are legally required to refuse orders to commit war crimes.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., characterized Trump’s comments as “the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual,” asserting in a Sunday post on X, “Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment early Tuesday morning.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026 in Washington, D.C.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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During remarks on Monday, Trump indicated the U.S. has “a plan … where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again, I mean complete demolition by 12 o’clock.”

“We don’t want that to happen,” he said.

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CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate May 5.

The two-hour debate will take place at 6 p.m Pacific time at a venue in the Los Angeles area that is yet to be determined. CNN anchors Elex Michaelson and Kaitlan Collins will serve as moderators.

The debate will air live across CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español and, for viewers without cable, on CNN’s subscription streaming service.

Participating candidates must have at least 3% support among likely primary voters in two state polls or an average of 3% across two polls that meet CNN’s methodology standards. The polls must be released between Feb. 1 and April 27.

The candidates must also have raised, contributed or lent to their campaigns at least $1 million, based on publicly available data from the California secretary of state.

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Candidates from both parties are eligible to participate due to California’s “jungle primary” system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of political affiliation. The top two finishers advancing to a November runoff, even if they are both from the same party.

Two Republicans, conservative commentator Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, are the leading candidates, according to a poll released Wednesday by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by The Times.

The poll showed six Democratic candidates currently qualifying for the debate under CNN’s standards: U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, former House Rep. Katie Porter, philanthropist Tom Steyer, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, former state Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa and San José Mayor Matt Mahan.

CNN typically does not carry debates involving candidates in statewide races, but the network believes that the California contest is significant enough for a national platform.

“One out of approximately every eight Americans lives in the Golden State and it is at the forefront of some of the most complex challenges of our time,” said David Chalian, CNN’s political director and Washington bureau chief. “California’s jungle primary system also allows for the debate to include a wide spectrum of viewpoints and proposals to tackle those challenges that will reverberate across the country in this pivotal election year.”

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Trump Escalates Threats to Devastate Iran

President Trump renewed threats of attacks on Iran if the country does not agree to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday night deadline. The warnings came on Monday as the president gave more details on the rescue of a missing American airman shot down over Iran on Friday.

The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night. We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again. It will take them 100 years to rebuild. This first wave of search and rescue forces successfully located the pilot of the F-15. Meanwhile, the second crew member, a weapons system officer — a highly respected colonel — had landed a significant distance away from the pilot. He was injured quite badly and stranded in an area teeming with terrorists from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We immediately mobilized a massive operation to retrieve him from the mountain holdout, and he kept going higher and higher. What hit this one was a shoulder, hand-held shoulder missile, heat-seeking missile. So it’s not like they’re totally whatever, and probably a little luck. I think we’ll be able to find it out because we’re going to go to the media company that released it, and we’re going to say, “National security, give it up or go to jail.” The person that did the story will go to jail if he doesn’t say.

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President Trump renewed threats of attacks on Iran if the country does not agree to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday night deadline. The warnings came on Monday as the president gave more details on the rescue of a missing American airman shot down over Iran on Friday.

By Cynthia Silva and Daniel Fetherston

April 6, 2026

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