With his own (possibly racist) words, Trump digs quite a ‘s***hole’ for himself
From ‘very fine people on both sides’ of a confrontation involving white supremacists, to Nigerians who won’t ‘go back to their huts’, the US President’s language seems filter-free on the matter of race
From the moment he launched his candidacy by attacking Mexican immigrants as criminals, President Donald Trump has returned time and again to language that is racially charged and, to many, insensitive and highly offensive.
Whether it is a calculated strategy to appeal to less-tolerant supporters or simply a filter-free chief executive saying what’s on his mind, the cycle is by now familiar: The president speaks, critics respond with outrage and Trump’s defenders accuse his critics of hysterically overreacting.
The latest instance came Thursday, during a White House meeting with congressional lawmakers on immigration. Trump asked why the United States would accept immigrants from “shithole countries” in Africa and the Caribbean, rather than people from places like Norway, according to Senator Richard Durbin and people briefed on the meeting. Another attendee said he did not.
Among the president’s previous remarks:
June 16, 2015
When Trump announced his campaign for president
