Presidential historian: 'No president has been so racially insensitive' as Trump

BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 01/13/18 10:21 AM EST

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley dubbed President Trump the most racist president since Woodrow Wilson following Trump's remarks referring to Haiti and African nations as "shithole countries."

“What Trump is doing has popped up periodically, but in modern times, no president has been so racially insensitive and shown outright disdain for people who aren’t white,” Brinkley told The Associated Press.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Trump referred to Haiti and African nations as "shithole countries" during an Oval Office meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on immigration reform.

The comments were reported one day before the eight-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Trump denied making "derogatory" comments about Haitians on Friday, saying he merely used "tough" language in the meeting.

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