Trump made the remarks at a White House meeting with the leaders of several African nations. Many Liberians are the descendants of freed American slaves.

Africa's oldest republic, Liberia was founded in 1822 by freed American slaves with the goal of resettling free black people in Africa.

“Asking the President of Liberia where he learned English when it’s literally the official language is peak ignorance,” Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, said in a post on social med...