Former President Donald Trump recently targeted Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a post on Truth Social, referring to the Democrat as "Mohammed El-Sayed." In the same post, Trump described the candidate as a "RADICAL Extremist" and a "Terrorist Sympathizer."

In response, El-Sayed stated that the former president is aware of his actual name, suggesting that the use of the name "Mohammed" was a deliberate attempt to highlight his Muslim faith in a derogatory manner. El-Sayed argued that the misnaming was not an accidental error but a calculated political attack intended to alienate voters by focusing on his religious identity.

The incident has drawn attention to the rhetoric used by the former president during the current election cycle. While Trump’s post focused on labeling the candidate with inflammatory political descriptors, El-Sayed’s rebuttal centered on the personal nature of the attack and the implications of using religious identity as a political wedge. There is no indication that the former president has issued a correction regarding the candidate's name following the public pushback.