Somalia’s defence minister defends U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar after Trump attacks
Somalia’s defence minister breaks silence to defend Ilhan Omar — and signals a new kind of transnational politics
When Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi took to Facebook this weekend to defend U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, it read less like a routine diplomatic note and more like an embrace. “If our daughter is being targeted for her identity, I will stand firmly with her,” Fiqi wrote, adding that as defence minister “I am making it clear that I stand with Ilhan.”
The statement came after former U.S. President…