Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it

President Donald Trump admitted Tuesday that he used the slur shithole countries to disparage Haiti and African nations during a meeting with lawmakers bragging about a comment that sparked global outrage during his first term Back then Trump had denied making the contemptuous message during a closed-door meeting but on Tuesday he presented little compunction reliving it during a rally in Pennsylvania He went on to further disparage Somalia as filthy dirty disgusting ridden with crime Trump was boasting in his speech that he had last week communicated a permanent pause on Third World migration including from hellholes like Afghanistan Haiti Somalia and countless other countries when someone in the crowd yelled out the remark That prompted him to recall the matter His telling hewed closely to the description offered at the time by people who were briefed on the Oval Office meeting We had a meeting and I revealed Why is it we only take people from shithole countries right Why can t we have specific people from Norway Sweden Trump communicated rallygoers But we reliably take people from Somalia he continued Places that are a tragedy Filthy dirty disgusting ridden with crime The White House at the time did not deny Trump s remarks but the president posted on Twitter the day after the news broke that this was not the language I used He added that he never stated anything derogatory about Haitians Back in Trump s comments denigrating predominantly Black nations while seeking more migration from predominantly white countries were widely denounced as racist Specific congressional Republicans condemned the comments and foreign leaders were outraged Botswana s authorities summoned the U S ambassador and Senegal s President Macky Sall declared he was shocked noting Africa and the Black race merit the respect and consideration of all But since then Trump has pushed past a large number of norms and traditions of decorum that had guided his predecessors both in his first term and in the years since He often peppers his masses remarks with curse words and this year has dropped the F-bomb as cameras were rolling on two separate occasions On Thanksgiving in a pair of lengthy posts on social media complaining about immigrants he demeaned Minnesota Gov Tim Walz using a dated slur for intellectually disabled people Sought by a reporter if he stood by a comment that numerous Americans find offensive Trump was unrepentant Yeah I think there s something wrong with him he disclosed Source