President Trump Donald John TrumpAvenatti: Third Kavanaugh accuser will prove credible against Kavanaugh, other ‘privileged white guys’ who defend him Grassley's office says it has received profane phone calls amid Kavanaugh fight Trump admin official once questioned if using n-word was racist: report MORE referred to a Kurdish journalist as "Mr. Kurd" during a press conference on Wednesday.
"Yes, please, Mr. Kurd, go ahead" Trump said in a press conference at the United Nations in New York while calling on a journalist. The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group in the Middle East.
Trump addresses a reporter as "Mr. Kurd" pic.twitter.com/fiYhHODYaE — Deena Zeina Zaru (@Deena_Zaru) September 26, 2018
The journalist responded by asking Trump a question about what U.S. relations will be with the Kurds post-Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Trump replied that the U.S. gives considerable assistance to the Kurds, before saying that thousands of Kurds died fighting ISIS.
"We’re trying to help them a lot," Trump said. "Don’t forget that’s their territory. We have to help them. They fought with us. They died with us."
A New York Times reporter later tweeted that the journalist's name was Rahim Rashidi and that he works for Kurdistan TV.
"I love it," he said when asked about Trump. "He made me happy by this sentence."
His name is Rahim Rashidi, he works for Kurdistan TV, and he is thrilled.
“I love it!” he said of Trump. “He made me happy by this sentence.” — Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) September 26, 2018
While Trump made news on a variety of topics, including Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation battle and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod Jay RosensteinWhite House aides told DOJ official to prepare to take over Rosenstein's job Trump calls on Kurdish reporter by saying 'Mr. Kurd' Trump: I’d ‘prefer’ to keep Rosenstein, may delay meeting MORE's future, it was the "Mr. Kurd" reference that many noted on Twitter.
"Yes, please. Mr. Kurd," said the President of the United States with another Kurdish journalist. — Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) September 26, 2018
Trump referred to a reporter as "Mr. Kurd" before taking his question. — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 26, 2018
Ghosttwo on September 27th, 2018 at 02:01 UTC »
Mr. Trump later received questions from Mr. French, Miss White, Sir England, and Japan guy.
EDFStormOne on September 26th, 2018 at 23:58 UTC »
That name again is mr kurd
Mutt1223 on September 26th, 2018 at 23:21 UTC »
“You’re next, Mr. Chinaman.”