Representative Ilhan Omar is firing back hard at President Trump, labeling his recent public claims about her income and wealth as a sign that he is “panicking” over his collapsing support, as reported by The Hill. The drama kicked off after President Trump posted a message signaling that the Department of Justice might be investigating the Minnesota congresswoman’s income.
In the same post, which also announced that border czar Tom Homan would be heading to Minnesota following Gregory Bovino’s exit, the president claimed that Omar, who came to the U.S. from Somalia in the 1990s and was elected in 2018, was now worth more than $44 million. That’s a huge number, and Omar wasn’t having any of it. She took to X to issue a sharp rebuke.
“Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking,” Omar wrote. “Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of ‘investigations’ have found nothing. Get your goons out of Minnesota.”
It’s clear she thinks this is just a deflection tactic, and frankly, after years of back and forth between the two politicians, you can understand why she feels that way
The White House quickly backed up the president’s claims. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the administration is definitely looking into whether Omar is connected to the fraud rings occurring within Minnesota’s social services programs. Leavitt questioned the sudden increase in Omar’s personal assets as noted in financial disclosures.
“One must ask themselves why and how is that possible?” Leavitt stated. “Is she connected to the fraud rings that we have taking place within her state and her own district. It’s a question the American people are raising, and the president believes it’s one worth answering.”
It’s totally unclear where the $44 million number originated, especially when you look at Omar’s latest financial disclosure. That document listed her total assets ranging from just over $6 million to just over $30 million. Even the high end of that range is $14 million shy of the president’s claim. Most of the reported value seems to be tied up in a D.C.-based venture capital firm founded by her husband, Tim Mynett. That firm, called Rose Lake Capital, is valued between $5 million and $25 million.
Omar has previously tried to clarify the confusion surrounding her net worth. In a TikTok video she posted back in September, she called the claims about her wealth “misleading.” In the caption accompanying that post, she explained that the valuations of Rose Lake Capital and eStCru, a California-based wine company, reflect the “full cost assessment of the businesses, in which my husband is one of several partners, and does not reflect his individual share.”
Published: Jan 27, 2026 11:30 am