Explains the Context of the Controversial Remark at White House Meeting
"Dirty, Filthy... Disgusting and Full of Crime"
Donald Trump, President of the United States, who had long denied making the derogatory "shithole" remark about certain countries in Latin America and Africa during his first presidential term, has admitted to it after eight years.
The Washington Post reported on December 10 (local time) that President Trump, during an economic policy speech in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, the previous night, explained the context surrounding his controversial remark made at a White House meeting in 2018.
He mentioned that he had suspended immigration to the United States from 19 countries he considered high-risk, saying, "Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, and many other countries-these are hellholes."
At that moment, someone in the audience shouted, "Shithole countries!" Trump responded, "I didn't say shithole-you did." He then recalled the circumstances of the closed-door meeting held in the Oval Office at the White House in 2018.
He remembered that the participants at the time said, "This is off the record," before the meeting began, and then he said, "Why do we only accept people from shithole countries? Why can't we accept people from countries like Norway or Sweden?"
He continued, "Yet we always accept people from Somalia," recalling that he described such countries as "places that are a disaster," and said they were dirty, filthy, disgusting, and full of crime.
The fact that President Trump made the "shithole" comment during the meeting on January 11, 2018, was revealed to the world the next day in an exclusive report by The Washington Post. Media outlets around the globe gave it extensive coverage. However, at the time, President Trump denied using such language, insisting, "I did not make any derogatory remarks."
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