Trump And His Controversial Countries Of Shit

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Unavailable to discouragement, President Donald Trump is the center this Friday of a huge controversy after insulting expressions were attributed to countries like Haiti or El Salvador in a meeting with lawmakers from both parties.

According to various media, the 72-year-old president on Thursday called the closed countries "shitty countries" to these and other nations, while asking why the arrival of immigrants from countries was not encouraged instead. like Norway.

Trump's words have generated a cataract of negative reactions and have been described as racist by his critics, including members of his own parties. Several African and Central American countries have already asked American diplomats in their countries for explanations, while the US ambassador to Panama, John Feeley, announced his resignation from the position because he was unable to continue serving under the president.

Salvadoran President Salvador Sánchez Cerén demanded respect for his country and called the insult a "blow to dignity."

The African Union, the multilateral body that brings together the countries of the continent, described the words attributed to the president as "racist", the same label used by the UN high commissioner for human rights.

After the international storm unleashed by the leak last night of his alleged words to The Washington Post, Trump denied in the networks that the information that appeared about the meeting is true.

"[I] never said anything demeaning about Haitians, other than that Haiti is obviously a very poor country with many problems," the president said in a tweet. “I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. I will probably have to record my meetings in the future, unfortunately there is no trust!”

However, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin confirmed the president's words to MSNBC and that he used the term "shit countries" several times during the meeting.

"[What Trump is saying] is not true," the Illinois senator said Friday. "He used these hateful words and he did it repeatedly."

"I can't believe that, in the history of the White House, in that Oval Office, no president has ever spoken with the words that I personally heard him say yesterday," he said, visibly uncomfortable. "You have seen his comments in the press," he continued, "I have not read a single one that is not accurate."

The meeting with legislators from both parties was intended to discuss the burning issue of the future of the Deferred Action Consideration mandate for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA.

The topic of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, which welcomes migrants from countries such as Haiti, El Salvador or Sudan, who have suffered natural disasters or armed conflict, was also discussed.

According to what appeared in the press, when Durbin and the Republican Senator and Lindsey Graham presented the president with a bill to grant TPS beneficiaries visas when it expires, the magnate asked himself why do we have all these people from shit countries coming here?” and why citizens of countries like Norway are not urged to emigrate.

White House spokesman Raj Shah said in a statement that Trump "is struggling to find permanent solutions that will make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow the economy and assimilate into our great nation"