Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas has been spot on and consistent with her comments on Trump’s misinformation and other gaffes. Last week she demonstrated another example of this concern when she took exception to his remark that Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke good English, obviously ignorant of the nation’s long historical connection to the U.S. “Trump never misses an opportunity to be racist and wrong, and every day he finds a new way to be embarrassing,” she posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Asking the President of Liberia where he learned English when it’s literally the official language is peak ignorance. I’m pretty sure being blatantly offensive is not how you go about conducting diplomacy…”
Trump had the audacity or stupidity to ask the president where he learned to speak such good English. Well, Mr. Ignoramus, Liberia was founded in 1822 by African Americans in search of freedom from slavery and by 1847 established its independence from the U.S. President Boakai, very warmly accepted Trump’s praise and announced that he was interested in “making America great again.”
There is nothing new about Trump’s misapprehension of African history and culture, none more egregious as his recent opening our doors to white Afrikaners, who in his poor estimation were being discriminated against by the government’s leadership.
In his determination to do away with (DEI) diversity, inclusion and equality, to say nothing of destroying the department of education, his ineptitude of the nation’s history and global relations will be further diminished.
It’s perhaps much too late to rectify Trump’s inadequacies on this subject, but we must do all we can to stop his spread of dumbness, his lack of intelligence.
Yes, Jasmine, you are by no means alone on this matter, and it is our hope that others share your umbrage with this unlearned non-leader.