On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Trump said he objected to taking immigrants from "hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and many other countries."

Trump gushed over Leavitt’s “beautiful face,” saying her lips “don’t stop-op-op-op, like a little machine gun.”

Donald Trump veered off his political message mid-rally to gush over Karoline Leavitt’s looks, turning a serious speech into a moment that instantly grabbed attention. On Tuesday, December 9, the president arrived in Mount Pocono,

The President’s singling out of Somalia comes shortly after protesters—and Democratic lawmakers— condemned his targeting of Minnesota’s Somali Community. During a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump said that Somalia is “barely a country” and referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage.”

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During his first presidential term, Trump was accused of using derogatory language during a 2018 Oval Office meeting in which he was reported to have referred to "s***hole" countries, and disparaged Haiti, as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal.

At one point in his speech, Trump told Americans that they can “give up” products, including pencils and dolls, for their children.