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President Trump has offered two days of racist rambles about Somali Americans, specifically targeting a Minnesota lawmaker, Ilhan Omar.

She's garbage.

Her friends are garbage.

These aren't people that work.

What's behind Trump's latest tirade?

I'm Steve Inskeep with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News.

Defense Secretary Pete Hankseth is under scrutiny.

A Pentagon inspector general says his March signal chat regarding military plans in Yemen violated the rules and may have put U.S.

troops at risk.

So how does the White House respond?

In a ramble that went on for several minutes on Wednesday, the president complained about Somalis as a group, including many citizens who employ him.

Trump talked about deporting Ilhan Omar, a U.S.

citizen who is a member of Congress.