Racist Attacks and Tropes from the White House

February 2, 2026

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was assaulted at a town hall by a man who sprayed liquid on her. The attacker turned out to be someone who was a supporter of Donald Trump, which is not surprising since Trump has constantly launched vicious and violent verbal assaults on Omar.

Trump’s frequent attacks on Omar go way beyond the fact that she is a Democrat and a critic of Trump’s policies. They are part of something much more disgusting from Trump—deliberate racist insults aimed against nonwhite people, and especially against people with dark skin.

As a child, Omar came to the U.S. from Somalia. She is part of a large community of Somalis who live in Minnesota. Trump has called Somalis “garbage” and “worst in the world.” In the past, Trump has referred to Haiti and countries in Africa as “shithole” countries.

Trump’s racist intent couldn’t be more clear when he said he doesn’t want people from Africa and Haiti to come to the U.S., he wants people from countries like Norway and Sweden, which are predominately white. Trump even pays for white people from South Africa to move to the U.S.

Trump has his own personal history of racism. He was guilty of housing discrimination. He called for the execution of falsely accused young black men. Trump’s former top lawyer said that, in private, Trump frequently called black people “niggers.”

But as president, Trump is leading an administration which is carrying out a deliberate campaign of racism, attacks on immigrants, and is supporting white supremacy. Social media posts from federal administration departments have echoed words and themes from Nazi Germany and the Ku Klux Klan.

The White House and Homeland Security posted a recruiting ad for ICE that was headed by the words “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” which is the name of a song popular with white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. It’s a song calling for a race war and for the U.S. to only be for white people.

The Labor Department posted a video called “One Homeland, One People, One Heritage,” which is similar to a Nazi slogan used during World War Two, calling for Germany to get rid of all non-Aryan people.

The White House posted a picture of Trump with the word “Remigration,” which is a word used by those who are calling for the expulsion of nonwhite people and immigrants. Trump has often said he wants Somalis and Haitians “out of the country.” The Trump administration ICE agents are stopping and grabbing people off the street based on their skin color.

This racist and nativist campaign coming from the Trump administration is disgusting and vile. It is coming from people who are racist. Using dehumanizing language against people from other countries and ethnic backgrounds is something that is used when a government is preparing to go to war. When U.S. soldiers were sent to invade Vietnam, it was to kill “gooks.” When the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was to kill “ragheads.” Killing another person goes against people’s basic human instincts, so government leaders want to dehumanize the people who the soldiers are sent to kill.

The racist campaign coming from the government is also meant to divide the working class in this country. They want to pit white workers against black workers, pit workers born in this country against workers born in another country. When workers are having their lives destroyed and their standard of living driven down, they want workers to blame each other, instead of blaming the capitalist class and the capitalist system that is responsible.

The racist and divisive campaign being carried out by the Trump administration is dangerous for the working class, if the working class falls for it. The working class cannot allow itself to be divided. If it is not divided, the working class has the power to get rid of the system that is responsible for racism, poverty and war.