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Donald Trump's 'Shithole Countries' Comments Are Racist, United Nations Says Amid Global Backlash
www.newsweek.com ^ | On 1/12/18 at 6:43 AM | By Chantal Da Silva

Posted on 01/12/2018 12:53:56 PM PST by Red Badger

The United Nations has condemned President Donald Trump's "racist" description of African nations and Haiti as "shithole countries," amid global outrage over the vulgar comments.

In a discussion with lawmakers on immigration, Trump reportedly asked why the U.S. should accept more immigrants from Haiti and "shithole countries."

The United Nations human rights office on Friday rejected his words as "racist" and inciting xenophobia.

"These are shocking and shameful comments from the President of the United States. There is no other word one can use but 'racist,'" U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a Geneva news briefing when asked about the comments.

"You cannot dismiss entire countries and continents as 'shitholes,' whose entire populations, who are not white, are therefore not welcome," he continued. "It's about opening the door to humanity's worst side, about validating and encouraging racism and xenophobia that will potentially disrupt and destroy the lives of many people."

Colville was not alone in condemning the vulgar comments. As Africans woke up to news of the president's words, much of the world had already weighed in.

The African Union continental body told The Associated Press it was "frankly alarmed" by the president's comments.

"Given the historical reality of how many Africans arrived in the United States as slaves, this statement flies in the face of all accepted behavior and practice," AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo said.

The comments put African leaders across the continent in an uncomfortable position.

As top recipients of U.S. aid, nations were weighed with the decision of how to respond diplomatically, especially with the Trump administration threatening to slash foreign assistance.

South Sudan government spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told AP: "Unless it was specifically said about South Sudan, we have nothing to say."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: shithole; un
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The United Shitholes have spoken.............
1 posted on 01/12/2018 12:53:56 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

So says the anti-Jewish coalition.


2 posted on 01/12/2018 12:54:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

1. Immediately stop all funding to the UN.
2. Withdraw the US from the UN.
3. Kick the UN out of the US.

Not necessarily in that order.


3 posted on 01/12/2018 12:55:01 PM PST by thesharkboy (Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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To: Red Badger

FU UN. If it bothers you so much, send in your blue helmets.


4 posted on 01/12/2018 12:55:25 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Red Badger
What makes a country a sh*thole? How about corrupt governments squandering USA aid to live like kings while the common people suffer.

Yes, let's talk about that, UN.

5 posted on 01/12/2018 12:55:55 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Red Badger

If you like your sh*thole, you can keep your sh*thole. The UN has spoken.


6 posted on 01/12/2018 12:56:58 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Red Badger
😹😹😹😹. Oh, "THE" United Nations. 😹😹😹😹💸 When are they relocating to one of these garden spots?
7 posted on 01/12/2018 12:57:03 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Red Badger

Hell, the UN is the tank into which the shit from the shitholes flow.


8 posted on 01/12/2018 12:57:14 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Red Badger

They still didn’t deny that those places are sh****les. They just don’t like that the fact that they are sh***les are being pointed out.


9 posted on 01/12/2018 12:57:45 PM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: Red Badger

What happened to the left’s mantra: “Who are you to judge?”


10 posted on 01/12/2018 12:58:24 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Red Badger

Let’s move UN headquarters to Africa...

Said no one ever


11 posted on 01/12/2018 12:58:30 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: rktman

Yes, might I suggest Zimbabwe or Venezuela.

I hear the weather is nice this time of year..................


12 posted on 01/12/2018 12:58:32 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Newsweek called Haiti “hell on earth” and its worst countries of the world story.


13 posted on 01/12/2018 12:58:34 PM PST by TigerClaws
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A global backlash,according to Newsweak.This must mean that 3rd Worlders will be so disgusted that they'll stop trying to swim the Rio Grande.
14 posted on 01/12/2018 12:58:36 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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To: Red Badger

If those other countries are so great, nothing is keeping the U.N. from moving there.


15 posted on 01/12/2018 12:59:12 PM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Red Badger

The Shithole, referred to as the United Nations, should relocate to Yemen or some other such fitting place.


16 posted on 01/12/2018 1:00:02 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Red Badger

Libtards are going nuts over the truth. Need to re-write the words to Carly Simon’s song “Anticipation”, substituting “Hyperventilation” for “Anticipation”. Never in my life have I heard so much over-the-top horse-sh!+ reaction to a nothing comment. Ridiculous blather.


17 posted on 01/12/2018 1:00:49 PM PST by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Red Badger

All these third world countries have received billions of dollars for decades from the US, other nations, non-profits and religious charities that we should be able to see some positive outcomes by now!

Is there an accounting of the funds provided and where it has gone?


18 posted on 01/12/2018 1:02:32 PM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Red Badger

“Global backlash.”

That really worries me.


19 posted on 01/12/2018 1:03:22 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Red Badger
.. Global Backlash

             

20 posted on 01/12/2018 1:03:23 PM PST by tomkat
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