On today's episode of Not The Onion, the President of the United States declared a number of countries "shitholes" during an immigration discussion in the Oval Office. No one ever confused Donald Trump for a friend of any foreigner, much less those of a certain complexion. But his comments today, according to two people who witnessed them and couldn't help but share them with The Washington Post, seem particularly on the nose:

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

It's good to see that one of the essential Trump Rules—that whomever he last spoke to has his almost complete allegiance—also applies to foreign leaders. It was just yesterday that he was getting along swimmingly with Norwegian PM Erna Solberg, in part because he seemed to miss her chirp about green energy and electric car development. Further reporting has emerged on today's meeting to supplement the Post piece, but it doesn't look much better:

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.@NBCNews source: As Durbin explained how deal would impact ppl from Haiti, Trump said, "Haiti? Why do we want people from Haiti here?" Then they got Africa. 'Why do we want these people from all these shithole countries here? We should have more people from places like Norway." — Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) January 11, 2018

The president apparently wants to roll back protections for immigrants from said "shithole countries."

This all brings to mind his alleged previous comments on Haiti, a small island nation for which there may just be a special place in his heart. In December, the White House denied a report that Trump said Haitian immigrants "all have AIDS." The same report held that the Enormously Consensual President said Nigerian immigrants would never "go back to their huts in Africa." Nigeria is one of that continent's most advanced economies, and recently found its way out of a recession tied to the falling price of oil, the country's big-money product. But yeah, sure, "huts."

The White House issued a statement in response to today's report:

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You'll notice there is no denial of the comment.

It's always worth a reminder that there is no real limit to how far the reputation of the United States can fall. Polling indicates approval of the U.S. and its president have fallen catastrophically over the last year among citizens of other nations, and a building consensus holds that China is seizing the mantle of world leader. Another day under President Very Stable Genius.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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