President Donald Trump slurred Tuesday while comparing the Democratic Party to Somalia.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump appeared to boast that he didn't even know the names of Democratic lawmakers hoping to talk to him about ending the government shutdown.
“I'm getting calls from Democrats wanting to meet. I've never heard their names before. And they claim to be L – Democrats have no leader. They remind me of SomaliaTrump saidField
Appearing pleased with his bizarre racist analogy, Trump continued to ramble on.
“And I met the President of Somalia, told him about the problem that exists. I said, “You have someone from Somalia telling us how to run our country from Somalia.” I said, “Do you want to pick her up?” He said, “No, I don’t want her!” Trump rambled.
TRUMP: I'm getting calls from Democrats wanting to meet. I've never even heard their names before. Democrats have no leader. They remind me of Somalia. I met the President of Somalia. pic.twitter.com/ajwx0oy898
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Trump was referring to Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who previously served as target With Threats of deportation racist republicans. The president, who has a tendency to repeat himself, paraphrased a joke he made earlier this month at Omar's expense when he stated He asked Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud if he could be “taken” back to her home country.
Trump's insistence that he doesn't know who the Democrats are and that they have no leaders tells you all you need to know how serious Trump is about ending the government shutdown. His own representative disclosed She was not aware Monday of any efforts the president had made to talk to Democrats directly, but instead he is working through his own proxies in the House and Senate.
Trump previously met with very real Democratic leaders, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (whom Trump repeatedly called a “Palestinian,” as another form of racial slur) before shutting down last week. But the president used the meeting as a meme photo before launching into blaming Democrats for the shutdown, as well as his administration's efforts to Take massive layoffs And illegally withholding payment from displaced workers.
