Full Breakdown
Trump Shares Unblurred Kindergarten Video
7/7/2026, 2:08:58 AM
Video Details
On Monday, President Donald Trump reposted on Truth Social a video from a St. Paul, Minnesota public school showing a kindergarten graduation. The clip displayed about 21 children in caps and gowns, with most girls wearing hijabs. The video was unblurred, revealing faces. Trump added no caption; the X account @EndWokeness supplied text noting that every girl wore a hijab.
Background
The repost followed earlier anti-Muslim comments by Trump, including a December remark calling Somali immigrants “garbage” and saying their country “stinks,” and a call for Somalis to be “sent back.” CAIR recorded a historic 8,683 anti-Muslim discrimination complaints in 2025, the highest since its 1996 reporting began.
Key Figures
Key participants are President Donald Trump; the school, cited as Gateway Kindergarten and Gateway STEM Academy; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN); Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC); the Council on American-Islamic Relations; and the X account @EndWokeness.
Official Statements
Trump reposted the video without comment. The @EndWokeness caption read, “Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab… in kindergarten.” Rep. Ilhan Omar warned that people sharing her identities—Black, Somali, hijabi, immigrant—could face consequences. Rep. Nancy Mace said students in public schools should speak English. No White House response was reported.
Criticism
Media and commentators called the post Islamophobic and unsettling. The New Republic labeled the video “creepy” and highlighted comments urging deportation of the children and a hijab ban. Sam Stein of The Bulwark described the focus as “deeply unsettling.” Social media users called Trump a “bigot” and “coward,” criticizing the “protect the children” narrative as anti-Muslim.
Conflicts & Gaps
Sources name the school as either Gateway Kindergarten or Gateway STEM Academy. The number of children shown is reported as “more than a dozen” in one account and “about 21” in another. No official comment from the school or White House was provided.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab … in kindergarten.” — @EndWokeness, X account
- “People who share the identities I hold — Black, Somali, hijabi, immigrant — will suffer the consequences of his words, which so often go unchecked,” — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-MN
- “There is something deeply unsettling about the president of the United States—the most powerful person in the world—going after kindergarten schoolchildren in Minnesota because they wore hijabs, as Trump has done this morning on his website,” — Sam Stein, The Bulwark
- “If you are in a public school in America, you should be speaking english.” — Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC
