President Donald Trump basked in praise for a group of African leaders on Wednesday, with many of them spoken another language when the Liberian president took his microphone and spoke in English, his country’s official language.
“Liberia is a long -time friend of the United States, and we believe in your policy of doing America well again,” President Joseph Boakai said at a White House meeting before advocating US investments in his country. “We just want to thank you so much for this opportunity.”
Trump was impressed and asked where Boakai got his language skills.
“Such good English,” Trump said. “Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
Boakai seemed to hume.
“In Liberia?” Asked Trump. “Yes, Sir,” Boakai said.
“It’s very interesting,” Trump said. “I have people at this table that can’t talk almost as well.”
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony of free black Americans, the brain child of white Americans trying to tackle what they saw as a problem – the future of black people in the United States when slavery ended. English is Liberia’s official language, although several original languages are also spoken there.
