{"id":37483,"date":"2025-07-10T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-praises-liberias-president-on-his-mastery-of-english-his-native-tongue-and-the-african-nations-official-language\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:32:37","slug":"trump-praises-liberias-president-on-his-mastery-of-english-his-native-tongue-and-the-african-nations-official-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-praises-liberias-president-on-his-mastery-of-english-his-native-tongue-and-the-african-nations-official-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump praises Liberia&#8217;s president on his mastery of English &#8211; his native tongue and the African nation&#8217;s official language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 President Trump complimented the president of Liberia during a White House meeting on Wednesday on his English-speaking skills, despite English being the official language of the West African nation and the visiting leader&#8217;s primary tongue. Mr. Trump hosted a White House lunch with African leaders and, after brief remarks from Liberian President Joseph Boakai, he asked the business graduate where he had picked up his linguistic acumen.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Thank you, and such good English,&#8221; Mr. Trump said, asking: &#8220;Where did you learn to speak so beautifully? Where were you educated?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Boakai \u2014 who, like most Liberians, speaks English as a first language \u2014 indicated that he had been educated in his own country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump, who was surrounded by French-speaking presidents from other West African nations, continued on the theme, telling Boakai: &#8220;It&#8217;s beautiful English. I have people at this table can&#8217;t speak nearly as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/1de99e59-eef1-4a6d-ac03-84fdc7cc0444\/thumbnail\/620x413g3\/c302a22669ded7f2ed57f6e329966143\/trump-boakai-african-ap25190648194082.jpg#\" alt=\"Trump \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/1de99e59-eef1-4a6d-ac03-84fdc7cc0444\/thumbnail\/620x413g3\/c302a22669ded7f2ed57f6e329966143\/trump-boakai-african-ap25190648194082.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/1de99e59-eef1-4a6d-ac03-84fdc7cc0444\/thumbnail\/1240x826g3\/ffb44e099289f3c5cc69fe511bf58ef4\/trump-boakai-african-ap25190648194082.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">President Trump speaks with African leaders, including Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalu, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema, during a lunch in the State Dining Room of the White House, July 9, 2025, in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Evan Vucci\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Liberian leader was facing away from the media, making his countenance hard to gauge, but his laconic, mumbled response hinted at awkwardness. On the websites of two of Liberia&#8217;s most-read daily newspapers, there was little mention of Mr. Trump&#8217;s remarks about Boakai&#8217;s English mastery.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/frontpageafricaonline.com\/diaspora\/liberian-president-meets-trump-in-washington-as-rev-torli-krua-leads-statewide-gratitude-tour-of-massachusetts-honoring-elizabeth-freeman-human-dignity-and-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FrontPageAfrica<\/a> outlet didn&#8217;t mention the brief exchange, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberianobserver.com\/news\/boakai-seeks-investment-opportunities-at-u-s-summit\/article_3f0d1e83-0150-4e58-9a5d-41e3ee920091.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Observer said<\/a> Mr. Trump, &#8220;impressed by Boakai&#8217;s remarks, jokingly inquired about his eloquent English.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> U.S. engagement in Liberia began in the 1820s, when the Congress \u2014 and the slaveholder-funded American Colonization Society \u2014 began sending freed slaves to its shores. Thousands of &#8220;Americo-Liberian&#8221; settlers followed, declaring themselves independent in 1847 and setting up a government to rule over a native African majority.<\/p>\n<p> The country has a diverse array of indigenous languages and a number of creolized dialects, while Kpelle-speakers are the largest single linguistic group. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Boakai himself can read and write in the indigenous Mendi and Kissi languages, but he converses in Liberia&#8217;s official tongue and lingua franca \u2014   English.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump has a contentious history when it comes to relations with African nations. <\/p>\n<p>There was a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/south-africa-summons-us-donald-trump-shithole-countries-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">diplomatic backlash<\/a><\/span> during his first term in office after Sen. 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