President Donald Trump on Tuesday finally admitted using the phrase “shithole countries” to describe Haiti and African nations in a sign that the president seems to feel emboldened in his second term.

At a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump launched into a grievance-filled rant in a speech that was supposed to be about the economy, and went on a now-typical anti-immigration tirade.

The president bragged about his crackdown on people entering the U.S. “from hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, and many other countries.”

“We had a meeting, and I said, ‘Why is it we only take people from shithole countries?’ Right? ‘Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden?’” Trump told his base.

“But we always take people from Somalia,” he continued. “Places that are a disaster. Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.” (Watch video at the top of the story.)

His comments build on his recent rhetoric in which he’s targeted Somali immigrants in the U.S. in particular.

But perhaps what is significant is how Trump previously denied using the phrase “shithole countries” to describe Haiti and some African nations in a closed-door meeting about seven years ago.

Trump wrote on social media as the furor grew around his comments: “This was not the language used.”

At the Pennsylvania event, Trump also targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia and became an American citizen in 2000.

He alleged without evidence that the congresswoman was illegally in the country, and argued, “we oughta get her the hell out.”

Bizarrely, Trump then mused about what it would be like if he had married his sister.

“She married her brother in order to get in, right? She married her brother. Can you imagine if Donald Trump married his sister? Beautiful,” he said.

Omar has called Trump’s repeated claim that she married her brother “absolutely false and ridiculous.”

Following his remarks on Tuesday, she called out Trump for “resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies.”

She added, “He continues to be a national embarrassment.”

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