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House speaker Paul Ryan says Donald Trump‘s vulgar slur about African countries was `very unfortunate, unhelpful’.
The president has denied claims he called Haiti and other African nations ‘shithole’ countries during a congress meeting.
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The President took to Twitter to refute the claims, saying: ‘The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used.
‘What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made – a big setback for DACA!’
He made the denial in a series of tweets on planned immigration reforms – but admitted he didn’t want immigrants from ‘high crime countries which are doing badly.
Trump allegedly said: ‘Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?’ during a meeting yesterday.
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The president also wants to roll back DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – which affords protection to children who entered the U.S. illegally or with parents who overstayed visas.
His plans were blocked by a federal judge Tuesday, with a challenge to that block expected soon.
His remarks have met with widespread global condemnation, with the UN also blasting what Trump now denies saying.
The so-called bipartisan DACA deal presented yesterday to myself and a group of Republican Senators and Congressmen was a big step backwards. Wall was not properly funded, Chain & Lottery were made worse and USA would be forced to take large numbers of people from high crime…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018
….Because of the Democrats not being interested in life and safety, DACA has now taken a big step backwards. The Dems will threaten “shutdown,” but what they are really doing is shutting down our military, at a time we need it most. Get smart, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018
It’s not the first time Ryan has called out Trump for his communication skills.
Late last year, he urged the public to ignore Trump’s Twitter feed.
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He was talking about the administration’s new tax plans when he appeared to become frustrated with questions about the president’s latest Twitter spat with senator Bob Corker.
Ryan said: ‘We have an historic chance of actually fixing this tax code, giving people pay raises and getting the American economy growing at a rate where we can actually get bigger paychecks — more take home pay, a healthier economy — that’s what matters.
‘So all this stuff you see on a daily basis on Twitter this and Twitter that — forget about it. Let’s focus on helping improve people’s lives.’
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