Awkward: Trump asked if he âs a racist at MLK Jr. event â ThinkProgress
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Amid furor over racist comments  he  made on Thursday   President Trump  decided to forge ahead on Friday with an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
After signing a proclamation honoring King â the federal holiday honoring  him  is next Monday  â Trump  shook hands with attendees and exited the room. But  he  couldnât get out before April Ryan  Washington bureau chief for the American Urban Radio Networks  repeatedly asked him why he called African countries âshitholesâ during a meeting with lawmakers on Thursday.
 Trump  ignored  her .
Even though White House staff has acknowledged that  Trump  did in fact call African countries âshitholes â  Trump himself  belatedly denied he said any such thing on Twitter on Friday morning shortly after his favorite show  Fox & Friends  urged him to do so.
It used to be more controversial to call the president racist. Last fall   the Trump administration  feuded with ESPN anchor Jamele Hill after she described  Trump  as a âwhite supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacistsâ â with Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at one point calling for her job.
Amid furor over racist comments  he  made on Thursday   President Trump  decided to forge ahead on Friday with an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
After signing a proclamation honoring King â the federal holiday honoring  him  is next Monday  â Trump  shook hands with attendees and exited the room. But  he  couldnât get out before April Ryan  Washington bureau chief for the American Urban Radio Networks  repeatedly asked him why he called African countries âshitholesâ during a meeting with lawmakers on Thursday.
 Trump  ignored  her .
Even though White House staff has acknowledged that  Trump  did in fact call African countries âshitholes â  Trump himself  belatedly denied he said any such thing on Twitter on Friday morning shortly after his favorite show  Fox & Friends  urged him to do so.
It used to be more controversial to call the president racist. Last fall   the Trump administration  feuded with ESPN anchor Jamele Hill after she described  Trump  as a âwhite supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacistsâ â with Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at one point calling for her job.