President Trump: ‘I’m no longer a racist’

President Trump has denied that he’s racist, after a row broke out over his alleged use of the discover « shithole » to characterize African countries.

Mr Trump reportedly feeble the term last week correct through a bipartisan Oval Establish of labor meeting on immigration reform.

He has now informed newshounds: « I’m no longer a racist. I’m the least racist person you will ever interview ».

It is a long way the first time the president has responded straight to the racism accusations.

He made the denial to White Dwelling press pool newshounds on the Trump International Golf Membership in West Palm Seaside on Sunday evening.

What did the president allegedly speak?

The row broke out after lawmakers from both parties visited the president on Thursday to work on a proposal for a bipartisan immigration deal.

In present weeks the Trump administration has been withdrawing Non permanent Pleasant Teach (TPS) from a alternative of nationalities within the interim residing within the nation.

Reviews later emerged in US media that Trump had requested correct through the meeting: « Why are we having all these of us from shithole countries come here? »

Mr Trump was once acknowledged to possess informed them that in desire to granting short-term residency to voters of countries hit by natural mess ups, battle or epidemics, the US might per chance perhaps well furthermore merely soundless as every other be taking in migrants from countries like Norway.

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Accounts counsel that once Mr Trump was once informed that a in point of fact primary groups of immigrants with the feature possess been from El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti, the president responded: « Haitians? Will we desire more Haitians? »

Who backed up the claims?

The president tweeted on Friday morning that the language he feeble within the meeting was once « tricky » however disputed the wording of the reports.

He also posted one other tweet denying he had insulted Haitians, accusing Democrats of setting up it up.

But Senator Dick Durbin stood by claims, and acknowledged that Mr Trump had feeble « hate-stuffed, vile and racist » language correct through the meeting.

Just a few senior Republican lawmakers on the meeting, including Establish of foundation Safety Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, possess acknowledged they attain no longer purchase Mr Trump making the observation.

But one other Republican senator who was once there, Lindsey Graham, did no longer recount the comments possess been made.

« Following comments by the president, I acknowledged my fragment straight to him the day gone by. The president and all those attending the meeting know what I acknowledged and how I feel, » he acknowledged.

Dwelling Speaker Paul Ryan, a senior Republican, acknowledged that Donald Trump’s immigration comments possess been « very miserable » and « unhelpful ».

Asked on Sunday on whether or no longer he thought the comments had made it more durable to enact any immigration deal, Mr Trump responded: « Have you ever viewed what diversified senators acknowledged about my comments? They weren’t made. »

What has the response been?

The African Union on Friday demanded that the US president apologise after the alleged comments, expressing their « shock, dismay and outrage » on the « clearly racist » remarks.

The UN human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, informed a Geneva info briefing: « There might per chance be no longer any such thing as a different discover one can use however racist. You might perhaps well no longer brush off complete countries and continents as ‘shitholes’. »

The National Association for the Construction of Colored Participants (NAACP) accused the president of falling « deeper and deeper into the rabbit gap of racism and xenophobia ».

Just a few Democratic representatives possess acknowledged they intend to skip the president’s Teach of the Union address later this month over the comments, accusing the president of racism.

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