Trump disparaged Somali immigrants' intelligence and country at a Cabinet meeting
While discussing Minnesota fraud, Trump disparaged Somalia and described people arriving from it as unintelligent and stealing from the United States. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
Read the scope first.
Source-checked record of Trump's public remarks. Claims within the remarks are attributed statements, not independently established facts.
WHAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS
The record.
While discussing Minnesota fraud, Trump disparaged Somalia and described people arriving from it as unintelligent and stealing from the United States. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
KEEP THIS PART ATTACHED
The context.
The passage followed discussion of ICE and fraud investigations. This documents a group characterization, not proof of the fraud figures or claims about immigrants' intelligence. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
SEPARATE FROM THE FACTUAL RECORD
Editorial classification.
racial-or-ethnic · immigration · demeaning-language
The explicit connection of Somali origin to derogatory intelligence and character judgments supports the editorial classification as ethnic disparagement. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
These labels explain the editors’ selection. They are not a court finding or an automated verdict.
DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
Open the original.
- Official presidential transcript · The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters
Minnesota fraud passage; paragraphs beginning 'And in the case of Minnesota' and 'They come to our country'; web text lines 473–474
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-15
Correction history
No published corrections to this entry.
How to report an error →