Trump Says US 'Profoundly Respects' Africa In Letter To AU

President Donald Trump said the United States "profoundly regards" Africans and will dispatch its best negotiator to the mainland, in a letter to African pioneers seen by AFP on Sunday.

The letter sent a week ago comes after Trump incited a firestorm of ire among African countries prior in January when he purportedly called them "shithole nations" amid a gathering with legislators in Washington.

While Trump has denied the comments, they are relied upon to be formally denounced by the 55 part conditions of the African Union amid their progressing summit in the Ethiopian capital.

I need to underscore that the United States profoundly regards the general population of Africa, and my sense of duty regarding solid and aware associations with African countries as sovereign countries is firm," Trump wrote in the letter.

"Our warriors are battling next to each other to vanquish psychological oppressors," he stated, and "we are cooperating to build free, reasonable and proportional exchange."

The letter was not made open, but rather its reality was affirmed by Chris Meade, a representative with the US appointment to the AU.

Meade declined to remark on its substance, yet an AU source affirmed the precision of the content of the letter circling via web-based networking media.

Not long ago media reports rose of Trump requesting to know amid a gathering on migration change why the United States ought to acknowledge residents from "shithole nations", including Haiti, El Salvador and the whole African mainland.

Trump safeguarded himself on Twitter, saying: "The dialect utilized by me… was intense, yet this was not the dialect utilized."

In the letter, Trump does not recognize the revealed remarks, but rather said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would make a "broadened visit" in March. He disclosed to African pioneers that he anticipates "inviting huge numbers of you to the White House.

AFP