President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community

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Protesters gather at a rally for immigrant and worker outside Signature Aviation near the MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport, Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)

MINNEAPOLIS – Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country’s largest Somali community .

“They contribute nothing. I don’t want them in our country,” President Donald Trump told reporters during a Tuesday Cabinet meeting. “We can go one way or the other, and we’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.”

Trump doubled down Wednesday: “Somalians should be out of here. They’ve destroyed our country