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Trump targets non-white immigrants in renewed xenophobic rants

A person whistles as US Customs and Border Patrol agents conduct operations in Kenner, Louisiana, on December 6, 2025.[AFP]

Back in 2018, President Donald Trump disputed having used the epithet "shithole" to describe some countries whose citizens emigrated to the United States.

Nowadays, he embraces it and pushes his anti-immigrant and xenophobic tirades even further.

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