African ambassadors suggested President Donald Trump meet African leaders in Ethiopia after he called Africa and Haiti shithole

By Michelle Nichols for Reuters
Tigrai Online, updated Jan. 19, 2018

TPresident Donald Trump Calls Haiti And African Countries 'Shithole' Nations

African U.N. envoys suggested on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump meet with African leaders in Ethiopia this month after he was reported to have described some immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from “shithole” countries.

African ambassadors met with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who told them she regretted the political drama around what was said a week ago at a White House meeting on immigration, according to diplomats at the U.N. meeting. Reuters reported today. Read more

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TOL Comment:

Obviously to insult a billion people is not only rude and vulgar, but it is not expected from person in such high office. Donald Trump should be condemned for his disrespect to the African people, however we think most of the African leaders deserve much more contempt than what Trump did.

The African continent is the best land mass on earth blessed with everything Mother Nature has to offer to sustain humans and more, but due to the utter failure of all the leadership in African countries Africa is a land of misery and that is a fact.

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