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Jacob Phillips

Trump praises Liberian president's English - the country's official language: 'Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?'

This is the moment US President Donald Trump praised the Liberian president’s English, despite it being the official language of the West African nation.

Trump was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, many of them speaking a different language, when President Joseph Boakai took to his microphone and spoke in English.

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