Ivana Trump says ex-husband Donald is NOT racist

Donald Trump’s ex-wife has defended the US President over his ‘s***hole countries’ comments – saying he is not racist.

Ivana Trump, 71, spoke out after her former husband sparked outrage across the world when he allegedly asked ‘Why are we having all these people from s***hole countries come here?’ in an Oval Office meeting about immigration on Thursday.

Yesterday in Florida, Mr Trump denied being racist, telling reporters: ‘I’m not a racist. I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That I can tell you.’

And today his ex-wife, Ivana, who married the billionaire in 1977 and is mother to Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka, backed him.

She told Good Morning Britain: ‘I don’t think Donald’s racist at all. Sometimes he says these things which are silly or he doesn’t really mean them. But he’s definitely not racist, I’m sure of that.’

Ivana Trump

Ivana Trump, 71, spoke out after her former husband sparked outrage across the world when he allegedly asked he allegedly asked ‘Why are we having all these people from s***hole countries come here?’ in an Oval Office meeting about immigration on Thursday

'I'm not a racist. I'm the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That I can tell you,' Trump said Sunday on his way to dinner with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (left)

‘I’m not a racist. I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That I can tell you,’ Trump said Sunday on his way to dinner with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (left)

Ivana Trump, Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on the Good Morning Britain sofa earlier today

Ivana Trump, Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on the Good Morning Britain sofa earlier today

Asked why he makes such offensive comments Ivana shrugged and said: ‘Who knows!

‘He has so many people telling him left and right what to say and what not to say and things like that, and sometimes maybe it can confuse him.’ 

She also described President Trump, who she split with in an acrimonious divorce in 1992, as a ‘stable genius’ and ‘not that bad’.  

Trump was reportedly speaking about Haitians and citizens of various African nations, and asked why the US doesn’t welcome more immigrants from countries like Noway instead.  

Yesterday, he again denied making the statements attributed to him, but didn’t get into specifics about what he did or did not say.

‘Did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments?’ he asked. ‘They weren’t made.’

Asked why he makes such offensive comments Ivana shrugged and said: 'Who knows!'

Asked why he makes such offensive comments Ivana shrugged and said: ‘Who knows!’

Today his ex-wife, Ivana, who married the billionaire in 1977 and is mother to Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka, backed him

Today his ex-wife, Ivana, who married the billionaire in 1977 and is mother to Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka, backed him

The alleged remarks brought down furious condemnation on Trump from Democrats and media talking heads. 

Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, told CNN ‘s Erin Burnett on Friday, ‘We know he’s a racist, he’s demonstrated that… he’s a racist both in his actions and his words.’  

Johnson said that the language Trump reportedly used hearkens back to the ’50s and ’60s, it is the language of a Ross Barnett and a George Wallace.’ 

He added that the issue will help to motivate African-American voters in the 2018 mid-term elections. 

Trump shakes hands with attendees after signing a proclamation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Friday. He has directly addressed a racism row for the first time

Trump shakes hands with attendees after signing a proclamation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Friday. He has directly addressed a racism row for the first time

Trump repeatedly told voters he is not a racist leading up to his 2016 election. 

The president claimed in a tweet on Friday morning that the widely reported ‘sh**hole’ comments he is said to have made Thursday were not correct.

‘The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used.’ 



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