Cotton Says No One ‘Expressed Offense’ at Trump’s Africa Comment

White House Frustrated About Trump's 'Shithole Countries' Comment

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No one “expressed offense” during a recent Oval Office meeting on immigration where President Donald Trump allegedly used the term “shithole countries” to describe Africa, said Senator Tom Cotton, a shift from comments he made last week.

“I was not offended,” Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Nobody in the meeting expressed their offense.”