Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it
President Donald Trump admitted Tuesday that he used the slur shithole countries to disparage Haiti and African nations during a meeting with lawmakers bragging about a comment that sparked global outrage during his first term Back then Trump had denied making the contemptuous comment during a closed-door meeting but on Tuesday he revealed little compunction reliving it during a rally in Pennsylvania He went on to further disparage Somalia as filthy dirty disgusting ridden with crime Trump was boasting in his speech that he had last week communicated a permanent pause on Third World migration including from hellholes like Afghanistan Haiti Somalia and multiple other countries when someone in the crowd yelled out the remark That prompted him to recall the event His telling hewed closely to the description offered at the time by people who were briefed on the Oval Office meeting We had a meeting and I commented Why is it we only take people from shithole countries right Why can t we have certain people from Norway Sweden Trump reported rallygoers But we unfailingly take people from Somalia he continued Places that are a calamity Filthy dirty disgusting ridden with crime The White House at the time did not deny Trump s remarks but the president posted on Twitter the day after the news broke that this was not the language I used He added that he never mentioned anything derogatory about Haitians Back in Trump s comments denigrating predominantly Black nations while seeking more migration from predominantly white countries were widely denounced as racist Certain congressional Republicans condemned the comments and foreign leaders were outraged Botswana s leadership summoned the U S ambassador and Senegal s President Macky Sall announced he was shocked noting Africa and the Black race merit the respect and consideration of all But since then Trump has pushed past plenty of norms and traditions of decorum that had guided his predecessors both in his first term and in the years since He often peppers his citizens remarks with curse words and this year has dropped the F-bomb as cameras were rolling on two separate occasions On Thanksgiving in a pair of lengthy posts on social media complaining about immigrants he demeaned Minnesota Gov Tim Walz using a dated slur for intellectually disabled people Appealed by a reporter if he stood by a comment that multiple Americans find offensive Trump was unrepentant Yeah I think there s something wrong with him he announced Source
