Trump reacts to description of African countries, Haiti as ‘shithole’

US President Donald Trump on Friday said the language he used during the meeting on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was “tough” but he didn’t use the infamous “shithole countries” term.

Trump ha​d​ reportedly questioned why the US would want to haveimmigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as “shithole countries”.



“The language used by me atthe DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,” Trump tweeted.Earlier in the day, the Office of UN Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the US president’s reported remarks that immigrants were coming from “shithole countries” were racist.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has decided to end the status for immigrants from Haiti and Nicaragua.It gave the approximately 59,000 Haitian immigrants who had been granted the status until July 2019 to return home or legalise their presence in the U.S.Nicaraguans were given until January 2019.

On Monday, Trump moved toend the status for immigrants from El Salvador, which could result in 200,000 Salvadorans legally in the United States being deported, beginning in September of 2019.

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Bannon has lost his mind - Trump lashes out at close political ally

The president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has lashed out in spectacular manner, at one of his closest political allies, Steve Bannon, Punch reports.

In a statement which was released on Wednesday, January 3, Trump described Bannon, who was his former White House Strategist, as 'insane' and 'irrelevant'.

Trump’s statement was extremely harsh, even for the notoriously combative 45th president.



Donald Trump and Steve Bannon in happier times (Photo credit: Breitbart)

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He stated: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”

He continued: “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.

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“Steve had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of a Senate seat in Alabama held for more than thirty years by Republicans.”

The US president further claimed that Bannon, who engineered his link to the nationalist far-right, was“only in it for himself.”

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Trump's highest followers on Twitter, Nigeria ranked 5th

Despite the fact that President Donald Trump’s domestic approval ratings is verylow, statistics shows his popularity is growing in some parts of Nigeria, a report by Quartz Africa claims.

While it is clear that many Nigerians dislike Trump for his racist views and denigrating comments about Nigeria, it’s surprising some other Nigerians see the US president as a cherished political icon.



Nigerians reportedly like Trump for his anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic stance.

According to a 2017 Pew Research Centerpoll, 69% of Nigerians still view the United States favourably despite Donald Trump’s perception of the country.

Considering the reports of the Pew research and Trump’s robust social mediafollowing in Nigeria, Trump might receive a warm welcome if he decided to visit Nigeria.

A US presidential visit is long overdue: thelast was by George W. Bush in July 2003.

Many Nigerians follow Trump on social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook.According to TweepsMap.com, Over 700,000 Nigerians tune in to Trump’s tweets: over 2% of his 32 million followers.

Nigeria has the 5th highest share of Trumpfollowers on Twitter

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