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<\/p>\nFormer President John Mahama has described United States president Donald Trump as a racist and a white supremacist\u00a0following some demeaning remarks he reportedly made against African countries.<\/p>\n
There was public outrage after it was reported by the Washington Post that Trump had called some nations on the continent ‘shithole countries.’<\/p>\n
According to Democratic Senator, Dick Durbin, Trump, during a meeting at the White House to consider migrant policies, said, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”<\/p>\n
The alleged remarks were said to have also been made in reference to Haiti and El Salvador.<\/p>\n
President Trump has since rejected the claims against him in a series of tweets but White House communicators have however failed to categorically deny that he made those comments.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mahama condemned\u00a0the reported comments and urged the African Union to take action following these developments.<\/p>\n
“Africans and Haitians come from \u2018shithole\u2019 countries? Isn\u2019t Trump demonstrating that he\u2019s nothing but a racist and pursuing a policy of \u2018Make America White Again\u2019? I congratulate Botswana for showing the way. Our AU Presidents must respond strongly to this insult,” Mr. Mahama said in a tweet.<\/p>\n
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The government of Botswana\u00a0summoned the US ambassador of its country to express its displeasure at the comments and asked the ambassador to clarify if Botswana “is regarded as a ‘shithole’ country” in lieu of the alleged comments from President Trump.<\/p>\n
\nAfricans and Haitians come from \u2018shithole\u2019 countries? Isn\u2019t Trump demonstrating that he\u2019s nothing but a racist and pursuing a policy of \u2018Make America White Again\u2019? I congratulate Botswana for showing the way. Our AU Presidents must respond strongly to this insult.<\/p>\n
\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) January 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n