No offense taken: Liberia's Foreign Minister's take on Trump's education remarks

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No offense taken: Liberia's Foreign Minister's take on Trump's education remarks  Liberia's president Joseph Boakai expressed that he was "honoured" to meet with US President Donald Trump last week and did not take offense at Trump's remark regarding his English fluency — which is his native language — as stated by Liberia's foreign minister last Friday.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/14/no-offense-taken-liberias-foreign-ministers-take-on-trumps-education-remarks  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Liberia's President Joseph Boakai expressed that he was honored to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump last week

00:07and did not take offense at Trump's remark regarding his English fluency, which is his native language,

00:14as stated by Liberia's foreign minister last Friday.

00:18Last week, Wednesday, Trump commented President Joseph Boakai for his proficiency in English seemingly obvious

00:25to the fact that English is Liberia's official language.

00:30According to the Liberian Foreign Minister Sarah Beisolo Nyanti,

00:35it was a privilege to receive an invitation from the White House for President Boakai

00:40to meet with President Trump and other African leaders and no offense was taken at Trump's remarks.

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