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What began earlier this month as a viral White House jab at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has now turned into a broader campaign offensive, with President Donald Trump doubling down on his criticism of the Somali-born congresswoman and the Somali refugee community in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omar said during an October appearance on The Dean Obeidallah Show that she was not worried about losing her U.S. citizenship or being sent back to Somalia, where she was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have no worry, I don\u2019t know how they\u2019d take away my citizenship and like deport me,\u201d Omar said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t even know why that\u2019s such a scary threat. I\u2019m not the 8-year-old who escaped war anymore. I\u2019m grown, my kids are grown. I could go live wherever I want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 10, the White House posted on X a 2024 photo of Trump waving from a McDonald\u2019s drive-thru window, replying to a clip in which Omar said she was unconcerned about being deported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo \u2014 taken during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania \u2014 quickly circulated online and was widely interpreted as a taunting \u201cgood-bye\u201d message aimed at the Minnesota lawmaker.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the feud has reignited. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump referenced the allegation that Omar had entered the U.S. through a fraudulent marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe supposedly came into our country by marrying her brother,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that\u2019s true, she shouldn\u2019t be a congresswoman, and we should throw her the hell out of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president also broadened his remarks to criticize Somali immigration overall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomalis have caused us a lot of trouble, and they cost us a lot of money,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWhat the hell are we paying Somalia for? We have Ilhan Omar who does nothing but complain about our Constitution and our country! We\u2019re not taking their people anymore \u2014 in fact, we\u2019re sending them back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has often accused Omar of being \u201canti-American,\u201d previously telling her and other progressive \u201cSquad\u201d members to \u201cgo back\u201d to their \u201cbroken and crime-infested countries.\u201d Omar responded earlier this month by calling Trump a \u201clying buffoon\u201d and saying his story about Somalia\u2019s president refusing to take her back was fabricated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The White House just told Ilhan Omar to pack her bags after she said she doesn\u2019t mind being deported.

You say you\u2019re fine with it? Don\u2019t be shocked when they call your bluff. \ud83d\udc80 pic.twitter.com\/RzKGXYdkjZ<\/a><\/p>— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) November 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>