Overview

• During an Oval Office event tied to executive actions, President Trump veered into personal attacks on Democratic Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Ilhan Omar.
• He labeled Crockett “a very low IQ person” and questioned her fitness for Congress after a reporter referenced her comments about ICE.
• Trump claimed he told Somalia’s president to “take back” Omar and said the leader replied, “I don’t want her,” a story Omar publicly dismissed as fabricated.
• Omar, a Somali-born naturalized U.S. citizen, responded on X by calling Trump a “lying buffoon” as the exchange revived a long-running, polarized feud.
• The remarks follow a narrowly defeated House effort to censure Omar and strip her committee assignments, which was tabled in a 214–213 vote.