- President Donald Trump has reportedly made comments about race and ethnicity on several occasions.
- Allegations of racially charged remarks surfaced after it was reported he asked why the US was letting in immigrants from "shithole countries" in Africa and Central America.
- His purported remarks have been roundly condemned by US and foreign officials.
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Trump reportedly asked why a 'pretty Korean lady' intelligence officer wasn't negotiating with North Korea for the US
Trump reportedly pressed a career US intelligence official on her ethnicity during a briefing last fall.
Amid the backlash to President Donald Trump reportedly referring to countries in Africa and Central America as "shithole countries," NBC News reports that the president made remarks about the race and ethnicity of at least one US official.
Last fall, after receiving a briefing on Pakistan from a career intelligence officer, Trump reportedly asked the woman, who was briefing the president for her first time, where she was from.
She told him she was from New York, and, when pressed, she added that she was from Manhattan, according to NBC News. The president continued to inquire, asking the officer where "your people" were from, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the incident.
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When the analyst told the president her parents were from Korea, Trump reportedly asked another adviser in the room why the "pretty Korean lady" wasn't negotiating with North Korea.
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