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Trump was boasting in his speech that he had last week “announced a , including from hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and many other countries,� when someone in the crowd yelled out the 2018 remark.

That prompted him to recall the . His telling hewed closely to the by people who were briefed on the Oval Office meeting.

“We had a meeting and I said, ‘Why is it we only take people from shithole countries,’ right? ‘Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden?’� Trump told rallygoers.

“But we always take people from Somalia,� he continued. “Places that are a disaster. Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.�

The White House at the time did not deny Trump's remarks, but the president the day after the news broke that “this was not the language I used.� He added that he

Back in 2018, Trump's comments denigrating predominantly Black nations while seeking more migration from predominantly white countries were widely denounced as racist. Some congressional Republicans , and . Botswana’s government summoned the U.S. ambassador, and Senegal’s President Macky Sall said he was shocked, noting, “Africa and the Black race merit the respect and consideration of all.�

But since then, Trump has pushed past many norms and traditions of decorum that had guided his predecessors, both in his first term and in the years since. He often peppers his public remarks with curse words, and this year has as cameras were rolling — on two separate occasions.

On Thanksgiving, in a on social media complaining about immigrants, he demeaned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, using a dated slur for intellectually disabled people. Asked by a reporter if he stood by a comment that many Americans find offensive, Trump was unrepentant. “Yeah. I think there’s something wrong with him,� he said.