African states demand Trump apologise for racist remark

On subjects from North Korea, to Russian Federation, to the president’s surprise call for a ban on transgender people in the military last summer, Trump’s tendency to tweet his mind has blindsided advisers and, in some cases, complicated or even upended administration policy.

The African Union has also said it was alarmed by President Trump’s remarks and issued a statement calling for the U.S. leader to apologise for the remarks.

He continued, “As Americans, we have a proud history of advancing economic, educational and personal opportunity for millions of people around the globe, and as a country, we should recognize the countless contributions and positive impact immigrants have made on our country”.

“This is even more hurtful given the historical reality of just how many Africans arrived in the United States as slaves, and also terribly surprising as the United States remains a massively positive example as just how migration can give birth to a nation”, Kalondo said. “We need it! Get smart!”

In Little Haiti, the President’s remarks became a part of what’s usually a solemn event. I want safety and security for our people.

“If confirmed these are shocking and shameful comments from the President of the United States”.

“It leaves me angry”.

“There is no other word one can use but racist”. I think that they were unfortunate. I don’t know which context they were made.

As the entire world now must know, Trump referred to African nations, along with El Salvador and Haiti, as “s–hole countries” in a meeting on immigration reform Thursday, and asked why the US didn’t encourage more immigration from countries like Norway, which is a majority white, European nation. When the question was raised about Haitians, for example, we have a group that have temporary protected status in the United States because they were the victims of crises and disasters and political upheaval.

Trump allegedly said after being presented with a proposal to restore protections for immigrants from the countries in question. So Graham and Durbin have been working tirelessly on a compromise bill that can win Republican and Democratic votes, and whether it can advance on Capitol Hill depends heavily on whether it receives Trump’s blessing.

Young said the country at large doesn’t “really grasp the complexity of the times that we’re in”.

Marleine Bastien, the organizer of Friday’s event, could not bring herself to repeat the President’s disparaging description of her homeland.

The African Union has also said it was alarmed by President Trump’s remarks and issued a statement calling for the U.S. leader to apologise for the remarks. “Haiti is a proud nation”.

Trump insisted in a tweet on Friday that he “never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country”.

Monyela said Trump made “crude and offensive statement”.

Former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe also issued a scathing takedown in response to Trump’s remarks. “Probably should record future meetings – unfortunately, no trust!” He assaults women, has said racist things from the beginning, but now he has to apologize? “DACA is not dead”, she said.