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Is Nigeria really a shithole?   Peter OvieAkus News  reports emerged last week that the American President, Donald Trump, allegedly called Haiti, El-Salvador and African countries “shithole countries” in a meeting with Congressional leaders on immigration policy in the White House. He allegedly added that he preferred immigrants from Norway and Asia as they help America economically. Mr. Trump has, however, denied referring to African nations as shithole countries, but said that he used tough words to describe them. This is not the first time that Donald Trump is attacking Nigeria. In 2016, during the race to win the Republican nomination, he had accused Nigerian leaders of looting Nigeria’s money and stashing it overseas. Similarly, in June 2017 during a cabinet meeting, he allegedly said that “once Nigerians step foot in America, they would not want to return back to their huts in Africa”. To begin with, let us look at the literal dictionary definition of the word “shithole

“Shithole”  He did it again: President Donald Trump said something derogatory about poor countries populated by people who are not white. During an immigration meeting with a bipartisan group of senators Thursday, the  Washington Post reported , Trump described some countries populated by black and Latino people as “shithole” countries. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” the president said, according to the Post, citing people briefed on the meeting. The Post said Trump was referring to Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. The White House didn’t quite deny it on Thursday; Trump sort of denied on Twitter Friday morning; and one Democratic senator is now on the record confirming this is what Trump said. It’s clear that Trump said something that can only be construed as racist about these countries, and he probably called it at least some of them “shithole” countries. Everything else is semantics. This is

“Shithole” countries, Donald Trump’s latest racist tirade, explained This is who the president is. By  Dylan Scott @dylanlscott dylan.scott@vox.com     Jan 12, 2018, 11:40am EST SHARE MORE Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images He did it again: President Donald Trump said something derogatory about poor countries populated by people who are not white. During an immigration meeting with a bipartisan group of senators Thursday, the  Washington Post reported , Trump described some countries populated by black and Latino people as “shithole” countries. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” the president said, according to the Post, citing people briefed on the meeting. The Post said Trump was referring to Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. The White House didn’t quite deny it on Thursday; Trump sort of denied on Twitter Friday morning; and one Democratic senator is now on the record confirming this