Both President Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went scorched earth Monday on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for what some say is a surrender of the state to Somalia.
Trump himself highlighted a report by investigative journalist Amy Mekelburg of the RAIR Foundation in which she indicated: “Minnesota is being systematically transformed – its people replaced, its cities being turned into foreign enclaves, its future rewritten by mass migration and soaring immigrant birth rates, all by design.”
“Minneapolis already holds the largest Somali population in the U.S. – a hub for Shariah push and radical recruitment. You can see it on display at the Somali Culture and Music Night held this weekend.”
“This isn’t assimilation. It’s colonization,” Mekelburg concluded.
Trump said sarcastically in reaction: “Welcome to Minnesota – Great job Governor Walz!”
JUST IN: President Trump goes after Tim Walz for practically surrendering Minnesota to Somalia
“Welcome to Minnesota — Great job Governor Walz!”
Great report, @AmyMek pic.twitter.com/zzFgvPe7CN
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 1, 2025
The president also posted video of Somalis celebrating their culture in Minnesota.
Moments earlier, Leavitt was holding a White House press briefing, during which she scorched the Democrat governor, saying “Somali immigrants have been ripping off American taxpayers.”
She said, “59 [Somalis] have been convicted for their roles in fraud plots that have stolen $1 billion from taxpayers.”
“In one scheme, and this is egregious, a nonprofit and its affiliates with the Somali migrants claim to have fed tens of thousands of American children during the pandemic. They were reimbursed for those meals by taxpayers. However, federal prosecutors found that almost all of those meals were never even delivered to hungry children.”
“In fact, those organization’s leaders spent the money on houses, luxury cars and real estate in Turkey and Kenya.”
HOLY CRAP! Karoline Leavitt just absolutely TORCHED Tim Walz and the Somali invasion of Minnesota
“Somali immigrants in Minnesota have been
RIPPING OFF American taxpayers.”“59 [Somalis] have been convicted for their roles in fraud plots that have stolen $1 BILLION from… pic.twitter.com/QoD1gNwEOP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 1, 2025
Also on Monday, a group of Minnesota state government employees said they wrote to former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Committee on numerous occasions to sound the alarm about her running mate Walz due to “his incompetence, fraud scandals and retaliation.”
“For public awareness, we did write to Kamala Harris and the DNC – multiple times – warning them about Tim Walz & his incompetence, fraud scandals and retaliation,” wrote the Minnesota Department of Human Service Employees account, representing some 480 employees.
For public awareness, we did write to Kamala Harris and the DNC – multiple times – warning them about Tim Walz & his incompetence, fraud scandals and retaliation. We tried our best to keep the public informed as our tweets are public. Maybe Kamala Harris turned a blind eye to… https://t.co/Cs6nk1hXek
— Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary (@Minnesota_DHS) December 1, 2025
“We tried our best to keep the public informed as our tweets are public. Maybe Kamala Harris turned a blind eye to fraud like her running mate?
“Over the years, our messages have not changed. We need fraud to stop in Minnesota and good governance to be restored.”
As WorldNetDaily reported, President Trump is now doubling down on his claim that Walz is “seriously retarded,” saying there is “absolutely” something wrong with the Democrat who has allowed his state to be packed with Somalians.
Aboard Air Force One on a flight from Palm Beach to the nation’s capital Sunday evening, a reporter asked the president: “You mentioned Tim Walz, and you called him what many Americans find an offensive word, retarded. Do you stand by that claim of calling Tim Walz retarded?”
Trump replied: “Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with him. Absolutely. You have a problem with it? I think there’s something wrong with him.”
“Anybody who would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into a state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia, we give billions of dollars to Somalia. It’s not even a country because it doesn’t function like a country. It’s got a name but it doesn’t function like a country. Yeah, there’s something wrong with Walz.”
Asked if he stands by calling Minnesota governor Tim Walz retarded, Trump responds, “Yeah, there’s something wrong with Walz.” pic.twitter.com/oN956MN1Oy
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 30, 2025
In a blistering late-night Truth Social post on Thanksgiving, Trump originally said: “The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.”
“Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone.”
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‘Something wrong with Walz’: Watch Trump double down on calling Minnesota governor ‘retarded’
