What he called them · Second term · № 131
Told Congress that Lesotho was a country 'which nobody has ever heard of'
“$8 million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of.”
- Said
- , Address to a joint session of Congress
- Subject
- Lesotho
- Target
- Other countries
- Place
- Lesotho
- Topic
- Foreign policy
- Era
- Second term
What happened
Trump made the remark while listing foreign aid his administration had cut. Lesotho's foreign minister, Lejone Mpotjoane, called it insulting, told the AP that Trump should 'speak for himself,' and invited him to visit. AP noted that Elon Musk's Starlink had applied for a license to operate in Lesotho.