President Trump’s Cabinet applauded him after he called Somali immigrants “garbage” who “contribute nothing,” reflecting the disappearance of guardrails against racist or dehumanizing rhetoric on the American right. What was once disqualifying is now mainstream. Trump rose by promoting racist birtherism, labeled Mexican immigrants “rapists,” complained about “shithole countries,” claimed unauthorized immigrants were “poisoning the blood” of America, and spread false stories about migrants. GOP figures have targeted newly elected Ugandan-born Democrat Zohran Mamdani, while federal agencies mock immigrants online. Meanwhile, white nationalist Nick Fuentes has edged into mainstream discourse.