The appalling incident occurred at his inaugural re-election campaign rally in North Carolina, when Trump doubled down on his calls for The Squad to leave the country, branding them “hate-filled extremists”.

“Tonight I have a suggestion for the hate-filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down,” he began. “They never have anything good to say. That’s why I say, ‘Hey if you don’t like it, let ‘em leave, let ‘em leave.’”

Trump then singled out Ilhan Omar to stoke the raucous crowd with further toxic rhetoric. “Representative Omar blamed the United States for the terrorist attacks on our country,” he claimed, without citing any evidence.

“She looks down with contempt on the hard-working Americans and saying that ‘ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country,’” he continued, as the conservative, largely-white crowd booed.

“And obviously and importantly, Omar has a history of launching vicious, anti-Semitic screeds,” he added.

In one of the most chilling moments of Trump’s presidency to date, the crowd then began chanting “send her back!” in reference to the congresswoman, who arrived almost 30 years ago as a child refugee of war from Somalia.

Within hours, the hashtag #IStandWithIlhan was trending across the world, with many prominent politicians and public figures taking to social media to denounce Trump’s words and pledge their support for Omar.

Ilhan Omar received an emotional homecoming after Donald Trump called for her deportation