pretty16:


And its so unfortunate that the ppl he says are from sh*t hole countries are the ones who the government still take their taxes and develop their economy. And Americans opened their eyes and voted him, even after Hilary Clinton's warning during their debate. Quite unfortunate. My jaws dropped last night when I was watching CNN and he made that statement.

Ikebesupa:
... I hope you are in Nigeria typing this if not, I have nothing to say

john650:

I don't know what it would take for the US Congress to come together and decide that this man is no good for America and remove him.

Forget about Mueller's investigation about Trump's collusion with Russia to win the presidency. This man is uniquely unqualified to be a leader of any country and every passing day he remains in that position diminishes America's standing in the world.

kollinpowel:
The large mouth keeps shouting MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN with who will he make it great again?
Is it with the lazy spoilt white or with the shithole migrants whom are serving you just for their survival. Trump abeg get small sense.

Shaev7:

WORDS! Factual. Africans must repair their continent by themselves. Let them continue looting and banking the money in Western world, at the end who loose?
Real Shithole...
Stupid African Leaders!

Amoto94:
Trump is right on this one and this is why I'm doing my bit to see Nigeria become a great nation and we all must key into this project.
God bless Nigeria and men of goodwill.

MIKOLOWISKA:
what did buhari subject Christians to? Pls enlighten us

MIKOLOWISKA:
govt are not supposed to provide power health transport or education, that's private sectors job
And robber barons did actually build America not politicians

Guestlander:


No matter the context the president of United States using such a language to describe some other country is reprehensible.
Trump is the sh.it head president, a mistake the U.S will someday have to admit.

WinningSun:


nobody is saying he shouldn't protect their borders. but denigrating other countries and calling Africa a shithole is unpresidential.

they should keep their aids.

c733d:


When next you quote me kindly make sure your are not under influence. Thank you.

Meti99:


Don't tell me you are ignorant to the happenings around you. I don't need to enlighten you, Mr, wise up

ajl:


I feel sorry for you. They have got you finally. I live in the West and I bet you many Nigerians here wish to return home to that shithole. If you think the comfort in western world is everything in life...then until you get there. Many westerners with their so called advanced society live miserable life. Many years ago I met an European who said many people in the West are less happier and that when he travel to countries like Brazil that has sizable population of poor people he does not seem to understand why these poor people who live in abject poverty live a happier life. That all their needs are simple and easily met.

About poor Africans dieing to cross over to the West, until they get there they will realize that most of their expectations are illusion from watching too much Hollywood movies.

If only the government can fix basic amenities, people have no reason to come here except for sightseeing.

swashbuckler84:


I was actually wondering the same thing. I believe nairaland has been infiltrated by non Africans with the things I’m reading. They only comment in Trump threads.

humilitypays:
The bolded parts of your comment justified the reason why Trump has every right to call Africa a shithole...what are you guys doing in his homeland Why did you flee your country to another man's already made safe heaven where you ran to find life easy; with all basic amenities of life in place....why didn't you and others stay back and lets all bravely face these so called demons in government destroying our nation

Africa remains a shithole to the West and other developed world until we can be able to fix our leadership system and begin to govern ourselves like humans and not like animals as being done in Nigeria now by the current people in government.

Human lives doesn't matter here....the president, governors, senators, etc don't care when an ordinary citizen is killed or murdered in cold blood....we move about like nothing is wrong....murder, i mean gruesome murder everyday in Nigeria being sponsored by same people in government, and you think Nigeria is not a shithole Come on guy, this nation is messed up....we need people to tell us the bitter truth if that will make us wake up and demand the best from our useless politicians.

MIKOLOWISKA:
why is the truth reprehensible. You prefer lies. No wonder the nation is fuckdd

kodded:
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shut up, if Africa not a shithole, then why are millions running away, why are thousand trying to risk their life just to enter Europe by sea, why are your political leaders and other rich people seeking medical attention in Europe and Asia

MIKOLOWISKA:
what has he destroyed. NYSE at record highs,jobs created

otswag:
he is also not racist. I agree. Whatever you say boss.

Guestlander:


The truth according to Donald Trump? Trump and truth should not be mentioned in the same


Opinion

DAVID LEONHARDT

Just Say It: Trump Is a Racist so Africa and Haiti are paradise abi.

Brenner/The New York Times

By David Leonhardt

Jan. 12, 2018


When it comes to President Trump and race, there is a predictable cycle. He makes a remark that seems racist, and people engage in an extended debate about whether he is personally racist. His critics say he is. His defenders argue for an interpretation in which race plays a secondary role (such as: Haiti really is a worse place to live than Norway).

It’s time to end this cycle.

No one except Trump can know what Trump’s private thoughts or motivations are. But the public record and his behavior are now abundantly clear. Donald Trump treats black people and Latinos differently than he treats white people.

And that makes him a racist.

Is it possible to defend some of his racially charged statements by pointing out that something other than race might explain them? Sure. Is it possible that he doesn’t think of himself as a racist who views white people as superior to nonwhite people? Yes.


But the definition of a racist — the textbook definition, as Paul Ryan might say — is someone who treats some people better than others because of their race. Trump fits that definition many times over:

• Trump’s real-estate company was sued twice by the federal government in the 1970s for discouraging the renting of apartments to African-Americans and preferring white tenants, such as “Jews and executives.”

• In 1989, Trump took out ads in New York newspapers urging the death penalty for five black and Latino teenagers accused of raping a white woman in Central Park; he continued to argue that they were guilty as late as October 2016, more than 10 years after DNA evidence had exonerated them.

• He spent years claiming that the nation’s first black president was born not in the United States but in Africa, an outright lie that Trump still has not acknowledged as such.

• He began his 2016 presidential campaign by disparaging Mexican immigrants as criminals and “rapists.”


• He has retweeted white nationalists without apology.

• He frequently criticizes prominent African-Americans for being unpatriotic, ungrateful and disrespectful.

• He called some of those who marched alongside white supremacists in Charlottesville last August “very fine people.”

• He is quick to highlight crimes committed by dark-skinned people, sometimes exaggerating or lying about it (such as a claim about growing crime from “radical Islamic terror” in Britain). He is very slow to decry hate crimes committed against dark-skinned people (such as the murder of an Indian man in Kansas last year).

• At the White House yesterday, Trump vulgarly called for less immigration from Haiti and Africa and more from Norway


If you think this list is incomplete, email me at Leonhardt@nytimes.com.

Nowenuse:


There is no inflitration.
Majority of Africans or should I say Nigerians have lost hope in their countries/continent and would not mind if the country or continent is sold to the highest bidder.

MIKOLOWISKA:
wetin happen
You no fit repair Biafra again ni

AFONJAPIG:
the useless cowards from west should choose a course

calliope:
Donald Trump is right after all. Africa is a "stinky shyte hole". Look at the bad roads, unsteady power supply, corruption, poor education and health systems, high infant mortality rate, child marriage, extreme religious bigotry and hypocrisy, autocratic leadership, discrimination and stigmatization of LGBT+ community/kids, APC & PDP power tussle in Nigeria which is also present in other countries and their political history, subjugation and tribalism, favoritism and nepotism, xenophobic and homophobic killings, and blind religiosity born out of our gullibility.

MIKOLOWISKA:
they have
You're the ones that refuse to do anything but beach and moan

MIKOLOWISKA:
how did govt provide these things. I dare you to talk so I can disgrace you here. Mumu.don't go and fix your problems be waiting for govt

Nowenuse:


We Africans have proven to be a very shameless race. We deserve whatever terrible remarks we get. Afterall, he is not lying. Self respect is earned and not demanded.

Watch how your country goes bankrupt without their aids! I see nothing wrong with what Trump said.

Nowenuse:


We Africans have proven to be a very shameless race. We deserve whatever terrible remarks we get. Afterall, he is not lying. Self respect is earned and not demanded.

Watch how your country goes bankrupt without their aids! I see nothing wrong with what Trump said.

MIKOLOWISKA:
whites aren't lazy. Blacks and Browns are. Check your facts.

Nowenuse:


We Africans have proven to be a very shameless race. We deserve whatever terrible remarks we get. Afterall, he is not lying. Self respect is earned and not demanded.

Watch how your country goes bankrupt without their aids! I see nothing wrong with what Trump said.

ajl:


I feel sorry for you. They have got you finally. I live in the West and I bet you many Nigerians here wish to return home to that shithole. If you think the comfort in western world is everything in life...then until you get there. Many westerners with their so called advanced society live miserable life. Many years ago I met an European who said many people in the West are less happier and that when he travel to countries like Brazil that has sizable population of poor people he does not seem to understand why these poor people who live in abject poverty live a happier life. That all their needs are simple and easily met.

About poor Africans dieing to cross over to the West, until they get there they will realize that most of their expectations are illusion from watching too much Hollywood movies.

If only the government can fix basic amenities, people have no reason to come here except for sightseeing.

WinningSun:


stop seeing yourself as a lower ani.am just because someone said that.