President Donald Trump on Tuesday pondered what it would be like if he had married his sister while making a baseless claim about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
At a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump revved up his hateful rhetoric about immigrants from “filthy” countries and zeroed in on Omar, a Somali immigrant who became a U.S. citizen in 2000. He alleged without evidence the congresswoman was illegally in the country, leading to cheers from the MAGA faithful to deport her.
“We oughta get her the hell out,” he said. “She married her brother in order to get in, right? She married her brother. Can you imagine if Donald Trump married his sister? Beautiful. She’s a beautiful person. If I married my sister to get my citizenship, do you think I’d last for about two hours? Or would it be something less than that? She married her brother to get in. Therefore, she’s here illegally. She should get the hell out. Throw her the hell out. She does nothing but complain.”
Attendees broke out in a chant of “Send her back!”
“Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird,” she wrote. “He needs serious help. Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead. He continues to be a national embarrassment.”
Trump has one living sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau. His other sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, died in 2023.