Raila Reacts to"Shithole Remarks by US President Donald Trump
It's noteworthy that these comments came one day before the eighth anniversary of the devastating Haiti quake that led the U.S.to offer protected status to almost 60,000 Haitians, and the week before the observance of Martin Luther King Jr.
Botswana's government on Friday summoned the USA ambassador to complain about remarks reportedly made by President Donald Trump, describing African nations as "s***hole countries".
On CNN, while presenting a segment on the people of Haiti, saying the White House could learn from their dignity.
Trump on Friday denied using the vulgarity, but world leaders and members of his own party, along with Democrats, denounced his terminology.
Mr Trump's alleged comment has caused a backlash among people across Africa, in Haiti and El Salvador, with many tweeting pictures of their shithole countries.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the only Democrat at the meeting with Trump, confirmed the vulgar comments, telling reporters the president said "things that were hate-filled, vile and racist".
Former Vice President Joe Biden weighed in on Twitter Friday morning.
On Friday evening the embassy released a statement which was potentially embarrassing for the President, as a spokesman explained it was not Barack Obama who made the decision, but George W Bush - a fellow Republican.
"There is a serious need for dialogue between the USA administration and the African countries". Trump had said, according to these people, referring to countries mentioned by the lawmakers.
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The comments were "clearly" racist, Kalondo said, but stressed the USA was "much stronger than the sum total of one man".
Republican Rep. Mia Love of Utah, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, said Trump's comments were "unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nation's values".
In stark contrast to his administration's decision to end protected status for Haiti, Trump said "the truth is Haiti is still suffering very badly, maybe as badly".
The controversy, stemming from discussions about whether to include immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and African countries in an immigration bill, appears to have dimmed chances of reaching a deal on immigration in the coming weeks.
Botswana's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador in protest and called the comments "highly irresponsible, reprehensible and racist".
The White House did not provide specific results of those tests. He's seen a lot of foreign lands, shaken hands with people who look nothing like him and believes America owes a huge debt to Haiti.
Several other African officials had expressed shock of trump remarks.
Trump was widely derided past year after twice referring to Namibia as "Nambia" at the September meeting. "There are millions of unemployed people in the USA, millions of people who don't have health care services or access to education and we would not deign to make comments as derogatory as that", said Jessie Duarte, the deputy secretary general of the African National Congress (ANC). "It is thanks to our African leaders that we are insulted that way", she said.
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