February 26 2026, 08:15 
Far-right commentator Ann Coulter is getting brutally mocked online for a particularly ignorant statement she made about Donald Trump, who she voted for in 2024.
“That beautiful ending to Trump’s SOTU [State of the Union] address reminds me why we can’t have a second-, third-, or fourth- generation immigrant as president,” she wrote on X. “Love for our country has to be in your genes.”
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The idea that having a lineage of predecessors who were born in the U.S. makes a person more noble is unvarnished nativism, but it takes on another dimension when she’s referring to the son of an immigrant with no grandparents born in the U.S., who also had several of his children with women who were immigrants as well.
“President Trump is a second generation immigrant through his Scottish-born mother and a third generation immigrant through his German-born paternal grandparents,” a context note on X reads, linking to Trump’s Wikipedia page.
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That beautiful ending to Trump's SOTU address reminds me why we can't have a second-, third-, or fourth- generation immigrant as president. Love for our country has to be in your genes.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 25, 2026
Commenters were less polite in their criticisms. Some people suggested that what Coulter really meant to say was that Trump is white and that the immigration status of his parents and grandparents is unimportant because white immigrants, to Coulter, are different from non-white immigrants.
— Chris (@CODInsanity_) February 25, 2026
—Dr_Aquilae.BULL
(@Aquilae_80085) February 25, 2026
So by your logic Trump shouldn’t be president
— Jason D (@RabbitohCards) February 25, 2026
He doesn’t have a single American born grandparent. His children have one American born grandparent. Not a single member of his family has served in the military.
— Myer Berlow (@myerberlow) February 25, 2026
So, based on your own assessment, when will you call for the immediate resignation of second-generation immigrant Donald Trump?
— Braden Pace (@bradenpace) February 25, 2026
So fifth generation on? Most of them are liberals in Vermont or Washington state.
— Ajay Tyagi (@AjayTya45266500) February 25, 2026
Don't mind the community note everyone, Coulter meant white people, she's just lost the nerve to say it
— EyeRoller (@MaximumK75753) February 25, 2026
Ann, we know you're mind numbingly stupid but why do you have to prove it over and over and over again?
— PorcellianView (@PorcellianView) February 25, 2026
Remind me–what generation of American was George Washington? How about Thomas Jefferson?
— Robin Messing (@RobinSMessing) February 25, 2026
Love of country comes from life experiences–not genetics.
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