Trump’s ‘s***hole countries’ are in uproar over his remarks – as even the UN brands him racist
The leaders of multiple countries, as well as a UN representative, have condemned Trump’s remarks
Haiti, El Salvador and several African countries have all come out swinging against US President Donald Trump after he dismissed them as ‘s***hole countries’ – and even the UN has branded his remarks ‘racist’.
Haiti summoned a US diplomat to explain the president’s shocking remarks after news of them broke on Thursday – just before the country was to begin a day of mourning in memory of a massive 2010 earthquake.
El Salvador sent a note of protest to the US, saying that Trump has disrespected its people.
They were joined in their disgust by people from South Africa, Zambia, Senegal and Ethiopia, among other African countries, who expressed horror at the president’s words.
And UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a Geneva news briefing: “There is no other word one can use but racist. You cannot dismiss entire countries and continents as ‘s**holes’, whose entire populations, who are not white, are therefore not welcome.”
Trump made the remarks while discussing a possible immigration bill with 11 other people in the Oval Office on Thursday, according to Senator Dick Durbin, who was present at the time.
El Salvador demands respect for its brave and dignified people