News

Trump called Haiti and African countries 'sh*thole nations' and Twitter has a lot to say.

During a meeting with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday, president Trump referred to Haiti, African countries and El Salvador as &quot;shithole nations,&quot; The Washington Post reports.BREAKING: AP sources: Trump, in immigration meeting, asks lawmakers why US should allow people to come from `shithole countries&#39;&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2018 Trump&#39;s comment came out during a discussion with senators on how to move forward with immigration polices. While being briefed on what the visa lottery system entails (as well as recent changes), Trump expressed bias towards immigrants based on their native country.Here’s the full story of @realDonaldTrump’s disgracefully and obscenely racist slam at Haitians, Africans, and, it seems, just about everyone but white Northern Europeans. This is who this man is. https://t.co/Iqjjug4pXY&mdash; Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 11, 2018 A White House aide told NBC News that when the room began discussing immigration from Africa, Trump asked why America would want immigrants &quot;from all these shithole countries,&quot; tacking on a desire to see more Norwegian immigrants. Perhaps relevant to his stream of consciousness, just yesterday, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg met with Trump at the White House.There are no words for language like this except for one: Racist. https://t.co/KHLMiiHewh&mdash; ACLU 🗳 (@ACLU) January 11, 2018 Later on Thursday, the White House released a statement that neither contested nor denied the remarks.&ldquo;Certain Washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but President Trump will always fight for the American people,&quot; White House spokesperson Raj Shah wrote in a statement..@NBCNews source: As Durbin explained how deal would impact ppl from Haiti, Trump said, &quot;Haiti? Why do we want people from Haiti here?&quot; Then they got Africa. &#39;Why do we want these people from all these shithole countries here? We should have more people from places like Norway.&quot;&mdash; Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) January 11, 2018 Unsurprisingly, people on Twitter have a lot to say about the ignorant comment.Trump&#39;s guide to diversityAfrica: Array of shithole countriesHaitians: Have AIDSNigerians: Live in hutsPuerto Ricans: LazyBlack Americans: Ingrates Mexicans: Criminals and rapistsMuslims: Evil terroristsWomen: Treat them like shitWhite supremacists: VERY FINE PEOPLE&mdash; Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 11, 2018 More interesting to me: after President Trump called Haiti and Africa “shithole” countries, did anyone in the room call him out? Argue with him? Or did they all bite their tongue, filing the tidbit away so they could leak it later?&mdash; Marc Ambinder (@marcambinder) January 11, 2018 Sen. Richard Blumenthal responds to Trump&#39;s &quot;shithole countries&quot; remark to @AriMelber: &quot;Smacks of blatant racism. The most odious and insidious racism masquerading, poorly, as immigration policy. And, I&#39;ll be very blunt: The president doesn&#39;t speak for me as an American.&quot;&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 11, 2018 The latest outrage from President Trump disparaging immigrants from what he calls &quot;shithole&quot; countries is a new low. It&#39;s disgraceful for him, the country, and every American.&mdash; Dan Rather (@DanRather) January 11, 2018 Trump apparently wants more Norwegians and fewer people from ”shithole” countries in Africa. You know what’s a real shithole? Trump’s goddamned mouth.&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 11, 2018 This has always been the reality: Not everyone who supports Trump is a racist, but they do not consider racism to be disqualifying in the President of the United States. https://t.co/imS342321u&mdash; Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) January 11, 2018 I wonder how many immigrants from shithole countries work at Trump hotels and properties.&mdash; Joe Heim (@JoeHeim) January 11, 2018 Trump language &quot;assumes that if you are not white, you are somehow not worthy of being in the United States&quot; - @mayawiley on Dem source saying Trump called some nations &#39;shithole countries&#39; pic.twitter.com/qX3wLZSb4P&mdash; The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC 📺 (@TheBeatWithAri) January 11, 2018 TV news doesn&#39;t know how to cover a vulgar racist President who talks about &quot;shithole countries&quot; so I probably won&#39;t be allowed to quote the President tonight. Therefore please find a way to scream &quot;shithole&quot; at Trump and everyone who works for him.&mdash; Lawrence O&#39;Donnell (@Lawrence) January 11, 2018 The staue of liberty where #trump’s grandparents immigrated through doesn’t say, “send me your whites only from Norway not from those shithole countries.”&mdash; John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) January 11, 2018 Connect the dots, friends: Housing discrimination, Central Park ‘rapists’, birtherism, Charlottesville, ‘shithole countries’, on and on. And some tell us to treat Trump as we would any other POTUS.&mdash; Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) January 11, 2018 In a reasonable SCOTUS, Trump’s racist remarks today about immigrants from “shithole” countries would greatly weaken his phony defense of the travel ban. In today’s SCOTUS, it’s a crapshoot.&mdash; Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 11, 2018 ***A TIMELINE OF HATE***Trump 2016: Mexicans are rapists, murderers, and drug dealers!Trump 2017: Ban the Muslims!Trump 2018: Why are we taking immigrants from shithole countries!&mdash; Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) January 11, 2018 Trump apparently wants to curtail immigrants from “shithole” African countries. Just another racist utterance oozing out of his shithole of a piehole. #TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist&mdash; Snake Oil Demagogue 🐍 (@SnakeOilPrez) January 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/paulengelhard/status/951584575188332545Trump: &quot;Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here? Why not people from Norway?&quot;Norwegians: &quot;Why would we move to a country with a shithole President?&quot;&mdash; Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/M_WatsonLeigh/status/951580617745076225https://twitter.com/BravenakBlog/status/951580593531191296Donald Trump referred to African countries and Haiti as “shithole” countries and suggested that we only take people from countries like Norway, and other European countries. This is racism. If you still support this man you are a fucking white supremacist. Simple as that.&mdash; 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒸𝒶 (@MJFINESSELOVER) January 11, 2018 Quick somebody poll the white working class on if they agree with Trump&#39;s &quot;shithole countries&quot; comments maybe the NYT will send a few dozen reporters too&mdash; Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) January 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/ezlusztig/status/951576479665541120https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/951575850264260609Per Trump: Immigrants are from &quot;shithole countries&quot; but American born white supremacists are &quot;fine people&quot;&mdash; (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) January 11, 2018 Today, Trump said, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” and OH MY GOD ALL YOU HAD TO FUCKING DO WAS VOTE FOR A WOMAN&mdash; molly (@isteintraum) January 11, 2018 CONFIRMED: the president of the United States Donald Trump is a Racist he says:‘Why are we bringing people from shithole countries like Haiti and African countries(black people) why can’t we bring more people from Norway (white people)’..It’s TIME to IMPEACH THIS RACIST!&mdash; FEISAL HAGI (@FEISAL_HAGI) January 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/danwlin/status/951590186978246656https://twitter.com/wokeluisa/status/951592655535841280Dear Rest of the World,The vast majority of Americans do not believe that Haiti and African countries are “shithole countries” but do agree that we have a #ShitholePresident&mdash; jdavidbrown (@jdavidbrown) January 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/AviAhvee/status/951578227369299969Washington Post: Trump grew frustrated today in the Oval Office with lawmakers discussing protections for immigrants from Haiti and African countries and said...“Why are we having all these people from s***hole countries come here?”This President is RACIST and UNAMERICAN.&mdash; Ryan Knight 🌹 (@ProudSocialist) January 11, 2018 Hey @realDonaldTrump—El Salvador, Haiti and African countries aren&#39;t shitholes.Both my parents came to America from West Africa when they were teenagers with $50 in their pockets, seeking a better life for themselves and their children.You know what that makes them? American.&mdash; Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) January 11, 2018 As a descendant of Haitians, I would like to remind Trumpkins that Haiti fought along side of what eventually became the U.S. in the American Revolution. In other words, Haitians fought for this country before many of your ancestors set foot on it&#39;s shores. Haiti and African&mdash; Ebony Noor #GoVote (@DarlingEbony) January 11, 2018 Norway has universal health care and FORTY-SIX WEEKS of paid parental leave. Why the hell would anyone living there give that up to move here?&mdash; Molly Knight (@molly_knight) January 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/BroderickGreer/status/951597317911601153An interesting fact about Norway is that they post every Norwegian’s income tax return on the Internet https://t.co/vI0RsMPTKe&mdash; David Frum (@davidfrum) January 11, 2018 Norway literally has a 3x higher rate of Muslim citizens than the U.S., the 10th highest net migration rate in the world, and is ranked by the United Nations as the &quot;happiest country&quot; in their global happiness index.Trump loses this argument on so many levels. Absurd.&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) January 11, 2018 It&#39;s not Friday yet, but if you need a TGIF drink to get through, I say do it.