Trump tells Kansas crowd he was asked if he dated his sister
The President used the anecdote to reference Rep. Ilhan Omar while stumping for midterm candidates in the Midwest.
By Tunde Bailey ·
During a campaign stop in Salina, Kansas, President Donald Trump told voters that people years ago asked him, “Is it true that you’re dating your sister?” The question drew laughter from the crowd before the President answered, “I said no.”
He described his two sisters to the audience. One, he noted, was a “top, top federal judge” who passed away. The other remained living. Trump stated he had never had an interest in dating or marrying his sister, adding that the idea had “never even crossed [his] mind.”
The President has two sisters. Elizabeth Trump Grau is 84 years old and remains the only living sibling. Maryanne Trump Barry was a federal judge who died in 2023 at age 86.
The remark followed a similar comment Trump made at a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida. The topic allowed him to revisit a claim that Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota married her brother. Omar’s citizenship is reportedly under investigation by the Justice Department. Her home was raided recently.
The Salina speech was part of a doubleheader stumping trip through Iowa and Kansas. The events featured other unusual remarks. Trump claimed he would have won the Vietnam War in one week. He also criticized the National Football League’s kickoff rule, calling it “shit.”
