US EditionAlmost Eight Years Later, Trump Confirms that He Did Use the Phrase "Shithole Countries"
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Trump Confirms His Disparaging Remark About 'Shithole Countries' at Immigration Meeting
Nearly eight years ago, President Donald Trump denied using the word “shitholes” to describe African countries during an Oval Office meeting on immigration. But now he has fessed up. In a speech Tuesday night in Pennsylvania, Trump boasted about pausing migration from what he called “Third World” countries, when he was interrupted by an audience member who yelled out “shithole.” That triggered Trump to recall a White House meeting during his…
Trump Shifts Blame to ‘Shithole Countries’ Amid Economic Skepticism
National Archives Rawpixel In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Skyler Voss Yesterday, the president blamed immigrants during a speech about inflation, asking, “Why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Nor…
By Daniel Dale, CNN. It was an international controversy during President Donald Trump's first term. News outlets, including CNN, reported that in a closed-door meeting with senators about immigration policy in January 2018, Trump asked why the United States should accept immigrants from "shithole countries," such as some in Africa. Trump's White House spokesman at the time did not deny that the president had referred to "shithole countries," bu…
Where’s his white hood?
He’s always been this revoltingly racist, but somehow he got elected, because a lot of the citizenry are revoltingly racist. Trump lied. Back in 2018, it was reported that he used the phrase “shithole countries” to describe various nations of brown people, and he denied it, claiming that he [n]ever said anything derogatory about Haitians. He was quite vehement about it, issuing repeated denials, claiming that this was another Democratic effort t…
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