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A vulgar insult to immigrants

• President Trump provoked global outrage on Thursday after complaining about Haitians and Africans and asking why the U.S. should accept immigrants from “shithole countries,” according to two people with direct knowledge of the conversation.

It was the latest example of the president’s penchant for racially tinged remarks. The comments came during a meeting about giving legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Mr. Trump reportedly said that more people should be admitted from places like Norway, where his profanity was denounced.

The president denied making the remarks, saying in a post on Twitter today, “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used.”