Donald Trump refers to Africans and Haitians as people from sh*thole countries
President
Trump is under fire for lamenting the immigration status of some
countries in the temporary protected status and saying they are from
shi*thole countries.
He made this statement during immigration negotiations on Thursday with lawmakers in the Oval Office, according to The Washington Post., Fox News, CNN and a host of other media reports.
Trump allegedly said:
“Why are we having all these people from s---hole countries come here?”
The
president was referring to people from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua,
Honduras and African countries in the temporary protected status
program, a source in the meeting told Fox News. Trump
reportedly grew frustrated with lawmakers who floated restoring
protections for immigrations from these countries and nation as part of
an immigration agreement.
About
a dozen people, both Republicans and Democrats, were in the room at the
time he made this statement. And according to a source, a lot of them
gasped at Trump's statement.
The
president also suggested the United States should admit more people
from countries like Norway instead of people from the sh*thole
countries.
Trump had met with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and held a news conference with her Wednesday.
In a statement, the White House did not deny Trump made the comments.
Raj Shah, the principal deputy White House press secretary said:
“Certain
Washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but
President Trump will always fight for the American people”.
Democrats reacted by accusing the president of racism.
“As an American, I am ashamed of the president,” said Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez. “His comments are disappointing, unbelievable, but not surprising. We always knew that president Trump doesn’t like people from certain countries or people or certain colors.”
Some Republicans also voiced their disapproval. Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinenm said:
“Language like that shouldn't be heard in locker rooms and it shouldn't be heard in the White House.”
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