Ilhan Omar slams Trump as ‘lying buffoon’ after Somalia deportation remark
Trump’s jab at Ilhan Omar isn’t just a feud. It’s a mirror of America’s anxieties.
When former President Donald Trump told reporters he had asked Somalia’s president to “take back” Rep. Ilhan Omar, the line landed like a punchline in the room—and a gut punch across the Somali diaspora. Omar, the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota and one of the most visible Muslim women in American politics, answered in kind, calling Trump “a lying buffoon” and urging the public not to dignify his claims. The exchange may sound familiar.…