Shithole’ and other racist things Trump has said — so far By Michael Finnegan and Mark Z. Barabak

During a White House discussion on immigration policy, President Trump asked congressional lawmakers why the U.S. should accept immigrants from "shithole countries," according to two people briefed on the meeting. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images) From the moment he launched his candidacy by attacking Mexican immigrants as criminals, President Trump has returned time and again …

The Nigerian foreign minister should be sacked forthwith. He is grossly incompetent. Nigeria is and ought to be leader of the continent of Africa and yet a racist moron of America calls Africa and Africans shithole and yet not a tweet let alone a statement to defend US.

Trump is a liar, but his ‘shithole’ remark shows he’s often scariest when he says what he truly believes by The Times Editorial Board

In an off-the-cuff comment with legislators gathered in the Oval Office on Thursday to discuss immigration, President Trump laid bare his world vision. There are wealthy white countries such as Norway, which are welcome to send immigrants to the United States. Then there are what the president called “shithole countries” — Haiti and all the …

The year of Trump has laid bare the US constitution’s serious flaws by Jonathan Freedland

There’s a million things to love about Hamilton, the musical that has opened in London to reviews as glowing as those that greeted its debut on Broadway. The lyrics are so ingenious, so intricate and dexterous, that the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has a claim to be among the most exciting writers, in any medium, in the …

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House review – tell-all burns all by Lloyd Green of the Guardian

Amidst the daily din of Donald Trump’s White House comes Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s tell-all, just in time for the first anniversary of the Trump inaugural. Like the “burn book” in the movie Mean Girls, Fire and Fury contains a toxic tale that singes all. In Wolff’s telling, Trump World is cacophonous and dysfunctional. …