Trump faces global rebuke for racist remark

Trump is the Republican party presidential nominee. Photo: NBC

Donald Trump has been branded a shocking and shameful racist after it was credibly reported he had described African nations, as well as Haiti and El Salvador as shitholes and questioned why so many of their citizens had ever been permitted to enter America.

The International Edition of The Guardian has reported that US diplomats around the world were summoned for formal reproach, amid global shock that such crude remarks could ever be made in a semi-public meeting by the president of America.

According to the Guardian, the UN said in a strongly-worded statement,  it was impossible to describe his remarks as anything other than racist, while the Vatican decried Trump’s words as “particularly harsh and offensive”.

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38 Comments

  1. Saka boy
    January 16, 2018

    Donald Trumps’s mouth that is the …. hole !!. :-D

  2. American trump
    January 15, 2018

    You’all called trump a racist, a mad man, a rapist, said he has no brain, but just because he called Skerrit by his true name all-you vex. The stock market is doing great unemployment for Blacks and Hispanic the lowest in thirty years. Trump is the greatest president ever. deal with the facts and forget about CNN and the fake news, America first! Make America Great Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • john
      January 16, 2018

      When is Trump going to send the paperwork to Mexico for the money to pay for his Great Wall of Trump? He said throughout his campaign that Mexico was going to pay for his wall, now he is demanding that Congress give him the money. The only reason Trump wants a great big wall is so it can bee seen from space with his name on top of it.

  3. American trump
    January 15, 2018

    When the Mexican leader said we are not paying for no fxxking wall, you’all said nothing, when skerrit said go to hell its none of your dam business, you’all said nothing. when Crooked Hillary called Americans a basket of deplorables you’all said nothing. Get use to the language of modern leaders. De paotor say sor tuo sot!! Trump is right. In case you have not heard it, Dominica is a sht-hol country with a toilet leader. Trump tell’s it as it is.

  4. Marlene Martineau
    January 15, 2018

    black folks should research the history of their race before they agree with what is said about them just for a few dollars more. Haiti stands out as a country that stood up to the white oppressors and paid dearly for it up to now. Any of those that defend his remarks, don’t think you would fear any better in his sight. the saddest problem is that as a people we treat each other with the same demeaning attitude which he has done and because white people can depend on us to that, it gives them the front foot to say and do to black people as they like.

  5. Indrid isidore
    January 15, 2018

    @The One and Only. Obama would not have made such crass comments. It’s called ” diplomacy”. It’s what, amongst other things, Trump lacks, along with empathy, common sense and a brain!

  6. DM
    January 14, 2018

    I see one or two comments here that actually agree with what Trump said. Let me just say that he mentioned Haiti and El Salvador by name. But don’t get it in your head that Dominica and every other none European country is not included in that statement. And it doesn’t matter who is running Dominica so forget about blaming the government.

  7. Tony
    January 14, 2018

    Hello and good evening my people. Well they say that the Apple don’t fall far from the tree. Donald Trump(who real name is spelled “Trumf”) grand father was recruited and brought to America by the CIA, his father was arrested as a member of the Klu klux klan and they were given loans by the American Government to build homes for returning veterans from World War Two but Donald and his father refused to rent to Black and Hispanic veterans. Donald is a racist and he is the last great white hope because America will be a minority majority country in the next twenty years.

    • anonymous2
      January 16, 2018

      Actually the last name was “Drumpf.”

  8. mine
    January 14, 2018

    Mister is who he is, if you put a pig in a palace it still remains a pig no a prince.

  9. The One and Only
    January 14, 2018

    All of you that hate trump and believe trump was wrong…take a vacation to Haiti, you will how much a s****** it is

    • Dominican
      January 15, 2018

      The same could be said about Dominica, except here we call them more fancifully latrines. The point is that such blunt, and offensive language by a world leader is far from diplomatic and is not at all helpful.

  10. January 14, 2018

    What is hurting these are the same ……. people
    That campaign and vote for him

    • A
      January 15, 2018

      So what, people here voted for Skerrit. What is the difference?

  11. Wayne Shaw
    January 14, 2018

    Why was did man ever elected the president? He is one ignorant and dishonest member of de human race! He will fall as history has shown us, he will fall!

    • thethingswesay
      January 15, 2018

      because he represents a huge number of Americans who think like he does.

  12. John
    January 14, 2018

    Why is anyone surprised? The man has been a racist all his life the American people knew that yet elected him. Racism is still alive and well in America.

    • Ossie
      January 15, 2018

      How can Trump be a racist when black Americans are doing much better and earning more money under Trump and they ever did under Obama. Obama created more poor blacks and put more blacks on welfare than any other president. Now is the best time to be a black person in America, so it seems Obama is the racist.

      • Dominican
        January 15, 2018

        What am I reading right now… A black man is racist towards black people? Do you hear yourself?

      • Titiwi
        January 15, 2018

        Sadly there is some truth in this. We still use.the term “vieij neg” to describe our own people in a derogatory way and some of us also recall parents disapproving of daughters associating with men they termed ugly, when they really meant that they were too black.we must be honest with ourselves if we are to remedy this negative attitude and realise that there is only one, human race.

      • Ossie
        January 15, 2018

        to the writer below. Have you ever heard of the term “uncle tom”

  13. viewsexpressed
    January 14, 2018

    This Trump is a political Tramp who appears un educated, ill-advised and performing an act that Hollywood would not want to know of.

    Trump is disrespectful to other nations and races, ignorant the diversity of races and cultures around the world. It shows really how this man`s world is very narrow and small.

  14. Dominican Passports
    January 14, 2018

    How many off you want to go and live haiti? Trump not lying, allu seeing all de garbage in roseau? Multiply that by 10 and you have haiti, the politicians are even more corrupt than the ones we have here, haiti is what trump call it. :lol: :lol:

    • Dominican
      January 15, 2018

      When he say something about DA, doe say nuttin…. All the countries he offended are developing countries, you are no better than he is.

  15. Believer
    January 14, 2018

    If this president has any sense of decency and a moral compass, he should apologize for these shameful and racists remarks.
    You should never use power to demean people… never, ever.

    • Paul Rossnof
      January 15, 2018

      You are 100% right in your statement but in a funny way wasn’t he speaking the truth?

  16. mine
    January 14, 2018

    Trump will always be Trump, they know who he was from day one. we all should learn from what is going on now.

  17. Traumatized
    January 14, 2018

    Right now I am not surprised at any thing Mr Trump says. He is what he is.

  18. Pamala
    January 14, 2018

    The man don’t give a crap about no one devil of the south

  19. Proud black
    January 14, 2018

    Trump is a racist pig who belongs in the pit of hell

  20. My Opinion l, not urs
    January 14, 2018

    You guys at DNO need to step up you all game.
    DNO behind the rest of the Caribbean islands news sites.
    No international, sports or regional column.
    The news above is stale news.
    You guys are always last to bring global news.
    No cable TV so you guys need to step up.

  21. Really
    January 14, 2018

    Trump thinks America is Lord amongst all? America was built by those people who came from these “shithole countries ”.. With his leadership, America WILL fall and his people will run to those same “shithole countries” that he speaks about. Sometimes words can be very powerful and damaging. Smh

    • Ossie
      January 15, 2018

      Sorry to disappoint you but America, under Trump, has experienced the greatest economic growth in recent history. The “Shithole Countries” which they absolutely are, should learn from Trump and implement the same successful economic policies that has now reduced the unemployment rate for black Americans to the lowest point in 45 years. :-D So much for being a racist.

  22. January 14, 2018

    Oh boy. I could tell you. Am not sure why this mad man is still in office

  23. The One and Only
    January 14, 2018

    Wow…Mr.Trump called countries sh***** …..he is now classified as a racist…funny, I feel the same way about Afghan countries and some places in Africa…guess I’m a racist as well…if Obama said the same, would he be a racist?

    • 4Eva tru
      January 14, 2018

      Obama would not have said these words. So don’t IF Obama

      • The One and Only
        January 15, 2018

        Never say never.. u don’t know what obama says when the doors are closed

    • Dominican
      January 15, 2018

      He is a racist… Do a little more research on the orange man and you’ll find that out soon enough.

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