<p>Washington: President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, many of them speaking a different language, when the Liberian president took to his microphone and spoke in English - his country's official language.</p><p>"Liberia is a longtime friend of the United States and we believe in your policy of making America great again," President Joseph Boakai said at a White House meeting before advocating for US investment in his country. "We just want to thank you so much for this opportunity."</p><p>Trump was impressed and inquired where Boakai got his language skills.</p><p>"Such good English," Trump said. "Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"</p>.'He can have fun with it': Trump says it's ridiculous for Musk to start a political party.<p>Boakai seemed to chuckle.</p><p>"In Liberia?" Trump asked. "Yes sir," Boakai said.</p><p>"That's very interesting," Trump said. "I have people at this table who can't speak nearly as well."</p><p>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 United States once slavery ended. English is Liberia's official language, though multiple Indigenous languages are spoken there as well.</p>
<p>Washington: President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, many of them speaking a different language, when the Liberian president took to his microphone and spoke in English - his country's official language.</p><p>"Liberia is a longtime friend of the United States and we believe in your policy of making America great again," President Joseph Boakai said at a White House meeting before advocating for US investment in his country. "We just want to thank you so much for this opportunity."</p><p>Trump was impressed and inquired where Boakai got his language skills.</p><p>"Such good English," Trump said. "Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"</p>.'He can have fun with it': Trump says it's ridiculous for Musk to start a political party.<p>Boakai seemed to chuckle.</p><p>"In Liberia?" Trump asked. "Yes sir," Boakai said.</p><p>"That's very interesting," Trump said. "I have people at this table who can't speak nearly as well."</p><p>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 United States once slavery ended. English is Liberia's official language, though multiple Indigenous languages are spoken there as well.</p>