; Whereas these statements by President Trump have been decried by many in the international community, including— (1) a United Nations human rights spokesman who said the only word to describe President Trump’s comment is racist , and you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents as shitholes , whose entire populations, who are not white, are therefore not welcome ; (2) an African Union spokesperson, speaking for the organization that represents all 55 nations of the African continent, said considering the historical reality of how many Africans arrived in the U.S. during the Atlantic slave trade, this flies in the face of all accepted behavior and practice ; (3) the President of Haiti, when speaking at a ceremony commemorating the eighth anniversary of the devastating Haitian earthquake, who stated, the Haitian government condemns in the strongest terms these abhorrent and obnoxious remarks ; (4) El Salvador, which sent a formal letter of protest; (5) the President of Senegal, who stated, I am shocked by President Trump’s words on Haiti and Africa. I reject them and condemn them vigorously ; (6) the Botswana Government, which issued a statement describing the remarks as highly irresponsible, reprehensible, and racist ; and (7) the South African Government, which issued a diplomatic protest to the United States; and Whereas, as a result of these concerns, United States diplomats in Haiti and other countries have been called by their host countries to explain the President’s remarks: Now, therefore, be it