![A White House statement issued Thursday notably did not deny that President Trump used the vulgarity to refer to African countries, but Friday morning, Trump wrote: "This was not the language used" in a tweet.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/47570/ap_18011698691115_wide-cbbaf7e49ce30da8b5733f8b7557ed747c440903-s800-c85__medium.jpg)
Trump Denies Using Vulgar Slur; Durbin Says He Said It
President Trump is denying reports, from NPR and other news outlets, that in a Thursday meeting at the White House, he disparaged African nations as "shithole countries" and questioned why the United States would admit immigrants from them and other nations, like Haiti.