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Trump's Comment on Liberian President's English Sparks Heated Discussion Among African Netizens

本站:Jul 15, 2025原文:Jul 14, 2025

měi guó美国zǒng tǒng总统tè lǎng pǔ特朗普zài在bái gōng白宫huì jiàn会见fēi zhōu非洲lǐng dǎo rén领导人shí时，chēng zàn称赞lì bǐ lǐ yà利比里亚zǒng tǒng总统de的yīng yǔ英语hěn很hǎo好，bìng并wèn问tā他zài在nǎ lǐ哪里xué学de的yīng yǔ英语。

When U.S. President Trump met African leaders at the White House, he praised the Liberian president's English and asked where he learned it.

lì bǐ lǐ yà利比里亚zǒng tǒng总统huí dá回答shuō说shì是zài在lì bǐ lǐ yà利比里亚xué学de的。

The Liberian president replied that he learned English in Liberia.

tè lǎng pǔ特朗普shuō说hěn很yǒu yì sī有意思，hái还shuō说yǒu xiē有些rén人yīng yǔ英语shuō说dé得méi没tā他hǎo好。

Trump said it was interesting and added that some people speak English not as well as him.

suī rán虽然lì bǐ lǐ yà利比里亚zǒng tǒng总统méi yǒu没有shēng qì生气，dàn但hěn很duō多fēi zhōu非洲wǎng yǒu网友jué de觉得tè lǎng pǔ特朗普de的huà话bù不tài太hé shì合适。

Although the Liberian president was not upset, many African netizens felt Trump's words were inappropriate.

tā men他们rèn wéi认为，fēi zhōu非洲yǒu有hěn很duō多guó jiā国家de的guān fāng yǔ yán官方语言shì是yīng yǔ英语，tè lǎng pǔ特朗普zhè yàng这样wèn问ràng让rén人jué de觉得tā他bù不liǎo jiě了解fēi zhōu非洲。

They believe that since many African countries have English as an official language, Trump's question made it seem like he doesn't understand Africa.

yǒu rén有人zài在wǎng shàng网上shuō说，lì bǐ lǐ yà利比里亚de的guān fāng yǔ yán官方语言jiù shì就是yīng yǔ英语，tè lǎng pǔ特朗普yīng gāi应该zhī dào知道。

Some people online said that English is the official language of Liberia, and Trump should know that.

hái yǒu还有rén人shuō说，kuā夸fēi zhōu rén非洲人yīng yǔ英语hǎo好，qí shí其实bú shì不是zàn měi赞美，ér shì而是jué de觉得tā men他们bù不yīng gāi应该huì会shuō说yīng yǔ英语。

Others said that praising Africans for speaking good English is not really a compliment, but implies they shouldn't be able to speak English.

hěn很duō多wǎng yǒu网友xī wàng希望gè guó各国lǐng dǎo rén领导人néng能gèng更zūn zhòng尊重bù tóng不同de的wén huà文化hé和yǔ yán语言。

Many netizens hope that leaders of all countries can show more respect for different cultures and languages.

Source:Trump’s comment on Liberian President’s English triggers Africans online

By Pamela Ephraim / Global Voices|CC BY 3.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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