"Nearly eight years later, President Trump has finally confirmed reports that he referred to Haiti and African nations as sthole countries during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers. Trump adamantly claimed at the time that he hadn't used the vulgar phrase. Republican surrogates, including former Georgia Sen. David Perdue and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, rushed to the president's defense after the alleged slur stirred a global controversy, according to CNN."
"We had a meeting and I say, Why is it we only take people from shole countries, right?' Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden just a few let us have a few, he told the laughing rally crowd. From Denmark do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people, do you mind? Instead, he groused the U.S. was taking in refugees from places he doesn't find appealing. We always take people from Somalia, Trump recalled Tuesday. Places that are a disaster. Right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime."
President Trump confirmed that he used the derogatory term 'shole countries' during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers, admitting the remark at a rally in Pennsylvania. He recounted asking why the United States 'only take people from shole countries' and suggested accepting more immigrants from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. He characterized refugees from Somalia and Haiti as 'places that are a disaster' and 'filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.' Senator Dick Durbin posted video of the admission alongside a 2018 Trump tweet denying the remark and calling Durbin a liar. Trump recently called people from Somalia, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, 'garbage.'
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