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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Can you believe that? Somalia," Trump said. "They turned out to be higher I.Q. than we thought."
Heres a Look at Everything (and Everyone) Trump Targeted at Davos.President Trumps verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.
By Erin Mendell and Shashank Bengali
Jan. 21, 2026Updated 1:52 p.m.
President Trump took aim at many familiar targets, and some new ones, in a lengthy speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday in which he alternately praised and threatened European allies and repeated his demands for ownership of Greenland.
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In remarks that stretched for over an hour, Mr. Trump lashed out at NATO in front of fellow members of the military alliance and lobbed criticism at the leaders of several nations, Somali immigrants in the United States, wind power and more. Here were his targets:
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Somali immigrants
Mentioning a fraud scandal that law enforcement officials say took root in pockets of Minnesotas Somali diaspora, Mr. Trump directly questioned the intelligence of members of that community.
Can you believe that? Somalia, he said. They turned out to be higher I.Q. than we thought.
Some near the front of the audience groaned loudly. The president has long fixated on the Somali community and subjected it to insults. Many Somali Americans in Minnesota say the fraud scandal has tarnished the reputation of their entire community of about 80,000 people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-davos-speech-takeaways.html
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"Can you believe that? Somalia," Trump said. "They turned out to be higher I.Q. than we thought." (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jan 21
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Blue Owl
(58,610 posts)1. Hey Donny -- tell us you're a racist asshole without saying "I'm a racist asshole"
pansypoo53219
(22,957 posts)2. since he's german/irish. i guess that mix is stupid + mean.
