“I understand that now and obviously if I had understood the phrase’s origin better, I would not have used it, but it is simply a case of I literally understood it as a Spanish-language translation of something I was trying to say to these working people," he said. “I think in life you have to, as a leader, be able to say if you did something wrong, even if you didn’t mean to, apologize and say, look, I certainly didn’t mean to offend anyone. I understand the sensitivities, I’ve learned from that mistake.”