Mack Bernard, the new mayor of Palm Beach County, Florida, directed a message to President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE at the start of his tenure on Tuesday.

“I would like to let the president know the new mayor of Palm Beach County is not from a shithole country,” Bernard said, according to The Sun Sentinel. “He’s from the beautiful island of Haiti.”

Bernard, a Haitian native, was referring to remarks Trump allegedly made earlier this year that immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and some African nations came from "shithole countries."

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The remarks sparked a backlash. Trump at the time had reportedly suggested the U.S. should bring in more immigrants from countries such as Norway instead.

Bernard was reportedly the unanimous choice of his fellow commissioners to become the county's next mayor.

A former Delray Beach city commissioner, he reportedly served two terms in the state legislature before being elected to the County Commission in 2016.