Donald Trump has praised the Liberian president’s command of English – the West African nation’s official language.
The US president reacted with seen shock to Joseph Boakai’s English-speaking abilities throughout a White Home assembly with leaders from the area on Wednesday.
After the Liberian president completed his transient remarks, Mr Trump advised him he speaks “such good English” and requested: “Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
Mr Trump appeared shocked when Mr Boakai laughed and responded he discovered in Liberia.
The US president stated: “It is stunning English.
“I have people at this table who can’t speak nearly as well.”
Mr Boakai didn’t inform Mr Trump that English is the official language of Liberia.
The nation was based in 1822 with the purpose of relocating freed African slaves and freeborn black residents from the US.
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Mr Trump promised the leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau a pivot from support to commerce on the shock assembly.
He described the international locations as “all very vibrant places with very valuable land, great minerals, and great oil deposits, and wonderful people”.
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Later requested by a reporter if he’ll go to the continent, Mr Trump stated, “At some point, I would like to go to Africa.”
However he added that he’d “have to see what the schedule looks like”.
Trump’s predecessor, President Joe Biden, promised to go to Africa in 2023, however solely fulfilled the dedication by visiting Angola in December 2024, simply weeks earlier than he left workplace.
