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Donald Trump has praised the president of Liberia for speaking “such good English,” seemingly unaware that Liberia’s official language is, in fact, English.

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[–] miridius@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I despise Trump more than most but this article is silly. Only about half of Liberians speak English, and less than 2% speak it as their first language. It's the official language because there are 31 different languages spoken in the country and they need something to be lingua franca so why not make it English for added international appeal. India is similar

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The official language of Liberia is English because the country was founded by former slaves and free black people from the USA.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Now you make me question whether it's a future deportation destination...

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Also why the flag is almost the same I guess?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Presumably the leader of a country would be able to speak its official language, like how so many Canadian PMs speak both French and English

And even then, a better person wouldn't inject narcissism into their stupidity