Trump: No regrets for the video slamming Omar's 'extremely unpatriotic'

President Donald Trump does not regret publishing a video that gathers footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with representative Ilhan Omar, telling an affiliate of ABC in Minneapolis that the congressman is "extremely unpatriotic and disrespectful to our country" .

"It's someone who does not really understand, I think, life, real life, what it's all about. It's a shame, it has a way out, it's very bad, I think, for our country, "he told local television channel KSTP during a visit to Minnesota on Monday. .

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Trump Friday posted Last month's video at a Council meeting on Islamic-Islamic relations in which she discussed the civil liberties of Muslims in the United States, saying that all faith should not be judged by acts of Islamist terrorists. Republicans attacked Omar (D-Min.) Following his remarks during the event, particularly for what she called 9/11 attacks as "some people did some thing". The video on Trump's account alternated between Omar's words and images of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Democrats were quick to defend Omar, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Said this weekend that her team was working with the US Capitol police and the sergeant. In a statement on Sunday, Omar said that many of the "direct threats to my life" referred to or responded to Trump's video.

KSTP asked Trump on Monday if he had any doubts about the possibility of tweeting the video.

"No, not at all," he says. "Look – she was very disrespectful to this country, she was very disrespectful, frankly, to Israel."

Trump and Omar have had several high profile clashes since the swearing in of the congressman four months ago. The Democrat from Minneapolis has been criticized on both sides of the aisle for her comments about Israel and the politicians who support it, resulting in a House resolution condemning bigotry the day some people complained not to have targeted Omar enough.

Prominent Republicans like Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Minority House Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Have asked that President Omar be removed from the influential Committee. Foreign Affairs.

But the Democrats largely remained behind Omar, repelling his critics and criticizing the Conservatives for breaking his remarks out of context.

Trump tore Pelosi on Monday for his continued support for Omar, imploring him in a tweet to "watch the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and thankless statements that Omar made."

Omar's allies have repeatedly warned against the kind of antagonistic rhetoric used against one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress.

Earlier this month, a Trump supporter from upstate New York was accused of threatening to shoot at Omar. The congressman was also the target of a bomb threat at a US-American civil rights event last month in Los Angeles.