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Trump Appears to Deny Using Racially Charged Language About Immigrants Trump Offers Vague Denial About Language on Immigrants
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday appeared to deny that he used racially charged language about immigrants during a private meeting with lawmakers at the White House on Thursday. WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday offered a vague denial about the language he chose to use about immigrants during a private meeting with lawmakers at the White House on Thursday, when he reportedly referred to African nations as “shithole countries.”
“The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,” Mr. Trump wrote in a Twitter post on Friday morning. “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,” Mr. Trump wrote in a Twitter post on Friday morning. His tweet did not elaborate on what “tough” language he used and did not provide a specific account of the meeting.
It was the president’s fourth tweet of the day. He was referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Obama-era effort that provided temporary work permits and reprieves from deportation to immigrants brought to the United States as children by their parents. The White House has not denied his use of racially charged rhetoric.
Lawmakers presented a proposal to Mr. Trump on Thursday, prompting the president to ask why he should allow immigrants from “shithole countries” into the United States, according to people with direct knowledge of the conversation. The vague denial was the president’s fourth Twitter post on Friday morning. The meeting he discussed was about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Obama-era effort that provided temporary work permits and reprieves from deportation to immigrants brought to the United States as children by their parents.
On Thursday, the White House did not deny that the president made the comments. The president, in a discussion about African nations, asked why he would want “all these people from shithole countries,” according to people with direct knowledge of the conversation. Mr. Trump also said the United States should admit more people from places like Norway, an overwhelmingly white country.
Mr. Trump’s reported remarks are the latest example of the president’s use of racially tinged language about immigrants.
Mr. Trump’s first Twitter post Friday morning called the immigration deal that would protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children “a big step backwards.”Mr. Trump’s first Twitter post Friday morning called the immigration deal that would protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children “a big step backwards.”
His tweet early Friday morning did not include the rhetoric he used on Thursday when he asked why the United States would allow people from Haiti and some African nations into the country, instead of people from Norway.
The president’s thoughts on immigration sprawled several Twitter posts on Friday morning before he tweeted his denial about the language he used at the DACA meeting.The president’s thoughts on immigration sprawled several Twitter posts on Friday morning before he tweeted his denial about the language he used at the DACA meeting.
The president met on Thursday with Senators Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois. The senators are working to codify the protections in DACA.The president met on Thursday with Senators Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois. The senators are working to codify the protections in DACA.
When Mr. Trump heard that Haitians would benefit from the immigration deal, he asked whether they could be left out of the plan and asked why the United States would want people from Haiti, according to people with direct knowledge of the conversation. When Mr. Trump heard that Haitians would benefit from the immigration deal, he asked whether they could be left out of the plan and asked why the United States would want people from Haiti, according to people with direct knowledge of the conversation. In a private meeting in June of last year, Mr. Trump said immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS.”