The US President used a late-night Thanksgiving post on Thursday in order to revive some of his harshest immigration rhetoric, targeting political rivals and calling for what he described as a permanent pause on migration from what he called “all Third World Countries.”

He began his Truth Social post with a typical holiday wish, but it soon turned into a long rant about immigration, rising crime, and his political rivals.

Trump stated his proposed migration freeze was prompted by a fatal shooting in Washington, D.C., in which the suspect is an Afghan national. He criticized “American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up,” suggesting that lenient immigration policies were to blame.

The 79-year-old president also returned to his usual talking points, repeating complaints about Somalia and Somali immigrants living in Minnesota. Earlier that evening, he told reporters that “Somalians have caused a lot of trouble” and asserted: “We’re not accepting their people anymore. We’re sending many of them back because they only bring problems.”

Trump continued to claim that Minnesota had become a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” and argued that Somali refugees were “completely taking over” the state.

trump Targets Gov. Tim Walz With Offensive Slur

In one of the most inflammatory moments of his Thanksgiving message, the president Trump used an offensive slur to attack Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Frustrated by what he called politically correct immigration policies, Trump wrote that “The seriously r******d Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.”

Walz responded on X by reposting the message with the caption “Release the MRI results,” referencing Trump’s acknowledgment that he recently underwent an MRI without specifying the reason.