Overview
- Speaking at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday, President Donald Trump told Rep. Ilhan Omar she should "get the hell out of our country" and launched a sustained personal attack.
- In the remarks Trump repeated long-circulating allegations that Omar married her brother, claimed she is under investigation for fraud, and accused her of massively inflating her net worth; those assertions are described in coverage as unverified or unfounded.
- Trump pointed to a 2025 clip in which Omar misread "World War II" as "World War Eleven," a verbal gaffe that was corrected at the time and has been widely circulated out of context.
- Omar responded on X within hours, calling the president an "idiot" and saying he is the one who should leave the country, framing the exchange as another example of his sustained targeting of her.
- Coverage notes this episode builds on earlier attacks this year, including 'send back' rhetoric, and raises questions about presidential norms, the spread of misleading claims in political discourse, and the effect of sustained personal attacks on public debate.