"Liberia is a longtime friend of the US and we believe in your policy of making America great again," President Joseph Boakai said at a White House meeting before advocating for United States investment in his country. "We just want to thank you so much for this opportunity."

Trump was impressed and inquired where Boakai got his language skills.
"Such good English," Trump said.

"Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"

Boakai seemed to chuckle.

"In Liberia?" Trump asked. "Yes sir," Boakai said.

"That's very interesting," Trump said. "I have people at this table who can't speak nearly as well."

Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans, the brainchild of white Americans trying to address what they saw as a problem, the future for Black people in the US once slavery ended.

English is Liberia's official language, though multiple Indigenous languages are spoken there as well.

--Reuters--