美国总统特朗普被爆对海地、萨尔瓦多和非洲国家爆粗口之后，于周一为自己辩护并声称“我不是种族主义者。”在他和来自加利福尼亚的众议院多数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡抵达私人高尔夫俱乐部用餐时，发表了此简短回复。
In the wake of recent disparaging comments about Haiti and African nations, President Donald Trump defended himself Sunday by declaring that “I am not a racist.”
Trump addressed the issue briefly as he arrived for dinner at his private golf club with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
Asked what he thinks about people who think he is racist, Trump said, “No, No. I am not a racist.” He told reporters: “I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That I can tell you.”
Trump also denied making the statements attributed to him, but avoided specifics about what he did or did not say.
Supporters of US President Donald Trump hold signs near his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, Jan. 13, 2018. /AFP Photo
Trump appeared to give up for dead an immigration deal, coming back on the issue in a pair of early morning tweets three days after reportedly referring to African and Haitian immigrants as coming from "s***hole countries," triggering global condemnation.
"DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don't really want it," Trump tweeted, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at the heart of the immigration impasse.
Screenshot of US President Donald Trump’s post on Twitter. /@realDonaldTrump
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the country illegally as children – so-called "dreamers" – face deportation unless a compromise can be reached that would grant them rights to stay.
A bipartisan deal to resolve the dreamers problem in return for changes demanded by Republicans in the way visas are allocated collapsed in acrimony Thursday with Trump's remarks, which were widely denounced as racist.
"I think this man, this president, is taking us back to another place," John Lewis, a Georgia congressman who was on the front lines of the 1960s civil rights movement, said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "I think he is a racist."
Trump insisted in a tweet on Jan. 12, 2018 that he “never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country. Never said ‘take them out.’ Made up by Dems.” Trump wrote, “I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. Probably should record future meetings - unfortunately, no trust!”
