Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman confirmed in a tweet to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday that President Trump referred to African nations as…
Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman confirmed in a tweet to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday that President Trump referred to African nations as «shithole countries» in an Oval Office meeting earlier this year.
Asked about the remarks at a White House press conference, Buhari said he did not bring the issue up during his meeting with Trump.
“I’m not sure about, you know, the validity of whether that allegation against the president is true or not,» Buhari said. “So the best thing for me is to keep quiet.”
Reports surfaced in January that Trump referred to immigrants from Haiti and Africa as coming from “shithole countries” during a meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers discussing immigration reform.
Trump was sharply criticized over the remark, with the African Union saying he «dishonor[ed] the celebrated American creed and respect for diversity and human dignity.»
“We didn’t discuss it,” Trump said. “The president knows me and he knows where I’m coming from.”
“And you do have some countries that are in very bad shape and very tough places to live in,” he added.
Manigault Newman, who served as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, has been sharply critical of Trump since her unceremonious ouster late last year.
She said during a stint on «Celebrity Big Brother» in February she would never «in a million years» vote for Trump again.
“It’s going to not be OK, it’s not,” she said when asked if Americans should be worried. “It’s so bad.”
