Nigerian President: 'Best Thing For Me Is To Keep Quiet' About Sh*thole Remarks
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Nicole Lafond | April 30, 2018 2:20 pm
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the best thing for me is to keep quiet about reports that President Donald Trump called African nations shitholes during an bipartisan Oval Office meeting on immigration with lawmakers back in January.
Well, Im very careful with what the press says about others than myself, Buhari said during a joint press conference with Trump on Monday, responding to a question about his response to Trumps reported derogatory remarks about African countries. Im not sure about, you know, the validity or whether than allegation against the President was true or not. So the best thing for me is to keep quiet. After a short pause, Trump said the two presidents had not discussed the alleged remarks, before claiming that some countries are in very bad shape.
We didnt discuss it, he said. And you do have some countries that are in very bad shape and very tough places to live in. But we didnt discuss it because the President knows me and he knows where Im coming from. And I appreciate that. We did not discuss it.
Reports of Trumps comments about Haiti and African nations sparked global furor, with many U.S. diplomats being summoned by their host nations to clarify Trumps comments.
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sandensea
(21,712 posts)
Afro Beat master Fela Kuti and dictator Mohammed Buhari in the mid 1980s. Kuti was among the first activists jailed by Buhari shortly after taking office in a violent 1983 coup.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)You just about copped to admitting you think your country is a shithole.
You were more interested in defending Trump than defending your country
Try this next time: "I don't know for sure what Mr Trump said. But I can say that while Nigeria has some problems to address, I believe strongly in our nation and it's people and together we are striving to keep it safe, prosperous, and strong"
Trump must have made a deal for their natural resources. The guy is probably corrupt as fuck
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Fly the friendly skies.....
Is the US convinced that other countries won't drone Mom and Pop at home in the USA?
There is some serious aggressive karma floating out there somewhere.