Andrew Young, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who also served as the mayor of Atlanta, said in a new interview that President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE is becoming educated on the subject of race.

“I think he's being educated. And it's not a matter of educating Donald Trump. It's a matter of educating our entire society,” Young told NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked how to educate the president on race.

The question came amid ongoing criticism over a comment Trump reportedly made in which he referred to immigrants from African nations, El Salvador and Haiti as coming from “shithole countries.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Trump faced swift backlash for the remark. While the White House did not initially deny the comment, Trump on Friday denied that he said “anything derogatory about Haitians.”

Young on Sunday argued that making Trump become “a saint” won’t change various issues facing the country, like unemployment and North Korea’s nuclear aggression.

“Getting President Trump to be a saint is not going to change the employment situation, it's not going to change the global economy, it's not going to deal with the tensions between North Korea and the United States,” Young continued.

“This is a difficult world. And it doesn't help to label people. You know, you don't help someone who has an alcohol problem by constantly calling him a drunk. You have to deal with the sickness.”