Trump's many racist remarks about Somalis, other immigrants did not provoke single direct question from WH press corps

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Hunter Walker
‪@hunterw.bsky.social‬

Here's how WaPo and the Times
handled this.

The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia."

WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo."

An alternate universe





‪Hunter Walker‬
‪@hunterw.bsky.social‬
· 7h
Trump's many, many blatantly racist remarks about Somalis and other immigrants did not provoke a single direct question from the White House press corps.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-marks-first-year-iin-office-with-unhinged-racist-rant-targeting-very-low-iq-somalis

Trump Marks First Year In Office With Unhinged Racist Rant Targeting ‘Very Low IQ’ Somalis
President Donald Trump spent the first anniversary of his second term on...
talkingpointsmemo.com
11:49 PM · Jan 20, 2026

Here's how WaPo and the Times
handled this.

The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia."

WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo."

An alternate universe

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T04:49:03.476Z

Hunter Walker
‪@hunterw.bsky.social

Trump's many, many blatantly racist remarks about Somalis and other immigrants did not provoke a single direct question from the White House press corps.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-marks-first-year-iin-office-with-unhinged-racist-rant-targeting-very-low-iq-somalis

Trump Marks First Year In Office With Unhinged Racist Rant Targeting ‘Very Low IQ’ Somalis
President Donald Trump spent the first anniversary of his second term on...
talkingpointsmemo.com
6:48 PM · Jan 20, 2026

Trump's many, many blatantly racist remarks about Somalis and other immigrants did not provoke a single direct question from the White House press corps. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T23:48:10.644Z

[eppur_se_muova]

1. He thinks he's Don Rickles, but he's really just a bone-deep-ugly racist sack of shit.

And that's not even touching on his worst points.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. It will be interesting to see how Somali, Venezuelan, Mexican Americans vote next election

[ColoringFool]

4. If They're Allowed To.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. "Trump's many, many blatantly racist remarks about Somalis and other immigrants..."

Like the rest of the country, the media have become numb to Trump’s racism, bigotry, and hate.

[AZJonnie]

5. Numb is quite a generous characterization of the M$M situation in my book

They are (mostly) corrupt, lap-dog stenographers and regime shills

[ShazzieB]

6. "Very low IQ" is one of his favorite insults for people doesn't like.

In addition to Somalis, he's slandered a ton of people with this epithet, including:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Jasmine Crockett
Charlamagne tha God
Maxine Waters
Don Lemon
Robert De Niro
Kamala Harris
Al Green
Liz Cheney
Mika Brzezinski
Joe Biden
Tim Walz
Al Sharpton
Leticia James
PLUS lots more I can't recall right now

Please note how mamy of these people are people of color and/or women. I think it's a combination of his racism and sexism coming out, combined with projection. Most, if not all, of his insults contain an element of projection imo. If you want to know what Trump’s insirities are, all you have to do is look at the things he accuses other people of.

[yardwork]

8. In some deeply buried part of his psyche Trump knows he's a piece of shit.

He knows that he's stupid and daddy had to pay people to take his classes. He knows he's a coward. He knows he's a business failure. He knows he rapes children.

He knows all this and can't stomach it so the world gets to suffer as he tries to prove to himself that he's the best.

[ShazzieB]

10. Exactly.

That's Trump in a nutshell!

[IcyPeas]

7. The press corps should ask about Epstein every day.

[spanone]

9. The press for the White House has been compromised.

They don't dare ask the wrong question. So they ask inane ones.

They're not journalists, they're fans.