AFRICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In January, when word got out that President Trump had disparaged African nations in vulgar terms during an Oval Office rant about immigration policy, his remarks were met with alarm and outrage by leaders and others on the continent. But on Monday [4-30-18] at the White House, both Mr. Trump and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, the first leader from sub-Saharan Africa to visit him at the White House, carefully avoided the topic, professing mutual respect for each other and their respective countries at a cordial news conference. Lawmakers in the room with Mr. Trump in January said he had used the term ‘shithole countries’ to describe African nations, an accusation he has previously denied. But he did not do so on Monday, instead appearing to try to justify its spirit by noting that many countries in Africa are riddled with problems.”
-Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “What Vulgar Remarks? Trump and Buhari, Nigeria’s Leader, Avoid Clash,” The New York Times online, April 30, 2018