Jan 20, 2026
Trump came equipped with a couple of binders including one labeled “ACCOMPLISHMENTS.” Yet as he read through the provided list, Trump repeatedly raged against the Somali population, including suggesting that they are of inferior intelligence. Trump first turned to the topic as he alluded to the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota, which have been
met with massive protests. The state is home to the country’s largest Somali population and the federal crackdown has come amid a wave of right-wing influencers
making exaggerated claims about alleged daycare fraud in the community.
“Nineteen billion dollars at a minimum is missing in Minnesota, given to a large degree by Somalians. They’ve taken it,” Trump said. ”Somalians, can you imagine? And they don’t do it — a lot of very low IQ people. They don’t do it. Other people work it out and they get them money and they go out and buy Mercedes Benzes.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump
posted a video on his Truth Social platform where Andy Frisella, a podcaster who
sells a “mental toughness program” suggested the daycare fraud must be part of a larger conspiracy since Somalis “have an average IQ of 68.” The claims reek of eugenics, the debunked racist theories arguing certain races are genetically inferior.