On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump congratulated the President of Liberia Joseph Boukai on his English mastery, although it is the official language in this country in West Africa.
While hosted the heads of five African countries about a work lunch at the White House, Trump commented on a brief speech he gave to Bouquay by asking the Liberian President about the secret of his divorce in English. “Thank you, your English language is excellent … Where did you learn to speak this magnificence? Where did you receive your education? In Liberia? ”
Bouakay, whose English is considered as the mother tongue, like all his citizens, responded to Trump’s question with a smile, in which he seemed embarrassing, before he simply answered “a sir”, that is, he received his education in Liberia.
But Trump, who was surrounded by the heads of other countries in West Africa, is in French, which continued to praise the extent of his guest’s mastery of English. “Well, this is very interesting, this is a beautiful English language,” Trump said. I have people around this table that they do not talk to her with the same mastery of it. ”
Lubiria is the oldest republic in sub -Saharan Africa, and this country was established in 1822 as a settlement for the slaves liberated in the United States who have returned to live in West Africa. English is the official language in Liberia and it is also the most widespread language throughout this country.
Boakai, who has headed Liberia since 2024, graduated from the University of Liberia in the capital, Monrovia, and also studied at Kansas State University in the center of the United States.
