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Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed’s savage response to Trump’s racist jibe at him and his wife wins Burn of the Week – and it’s only Monday

Oonagh Keating. Updated August 10th, 2026

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If anybody in Donald Trump’s inner circle cared about him or his reputation, they’d have installed child safety measures on all his social media apps, because the meme-obsessed president does himself and the US no favours with his constant stream of drivel.

In a recent Truth Social post, he went straight to the racist playbook he uses to talk about Barack Obama, only this time it was the recent Democratic Primary winner Abdul El Sayed in the crosshairs. Not just him, though – Trump also went for the Senate hopeful’s wife, psychiatrist Sarah Jukaku.

"To very different America's" [sic} With a photo of Trump and Melania on the left, and a photo of Abdul and Sarah at a waffle house on the right. She is wearing a hijab

Quite apart from that completely unnecessary apostrophe, Trump’s vague implication that one couple was better than the other seriously backfired.

Things got even worse for Trump when Dr El Sayed weighed in.

“So, yes, you got two different visions of America. Donald Trump’s vision is the one you’re living in right now. Can you afford your gas? Can you afford your groceries? Do you believe, when you look your kids in the eye, that they’re going to have a better future than you did?”

“And actually, Sarah and I like each other. I don’t know about the First Lady and the President, but from what I’ve heard, it’s a bit of a rocky road.”

Obama doing a 'drop the mic' motion

The internet gave a virtual round of applause.

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