President Donald Trump launched into a lengthy rant about Representative Ilhan Omar during a rally in Florida on Friday, making an unsubstantiated claim that she married her brother. Speaking at the Villages retirement community, Trump used a bizarre accent to mimic Omar, then repeated a baseless rumour from conservative circles.
"I believe she married her brother, which is totally illegal," Trump told the crowd. He then engaged in a cringeworthy fictional dialogue, saying: "Darling. I love you very much. Good night, brother. Let's go to bed." The president also criticised Omar for being anti-American, imitating her voice to say: "The Constitution gives me certain rights."
Trump went on to attack other Democrats, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, whom he mocked for having dyslexia. "We should give him a cognitive test," Trump bragged. "I took three of them. Aced all of them. I'm the only president to take a cognitive test."
The president also referenced a recent shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and boasted about his tariff policies, despite rising petrol prices linked to tensions with Iran. He claimed grocery prices were down, contradicting public perception.
The event was intended to promote Trump's promise to remove taxes on Social Security, though the bill he signed last year only provides an additional deduction for seniors. Trump also appeared with television hosts Dr Phil and Dr Mehmet Oz, the latter now heading the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
