is what trump said going to be deleted because he talked about Ilhan?
On March 16, 2026, President Donald Trump labeled Rep. Ilhan Omar a "ringleader" in an anti-fraud task force announcement, falsely claiming she "married her brother" and that she is from a "third-world, maybe a fourth-world nation" that steals "$19 billion."
Trump specifically stated, "@IlhanMN, I hope this is part of it. She married her brother, supposedly… She's one of the ringleaders," linking Omar to a fraud investigation involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
The remarks were made during a press conference regarding an anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance, which Trump claimed was tackling billions of dollars missing from pandemic relief schemes.
This follows a pattern of escalating rhetoric, including a February 25, 2026 claim that Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib should be "sent back from where they came" and "institutionalized" after shouting during the State of the Union address.