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Liberia 'not offended' by English gaffe
The Star
|July 14, 2025
LIBERIAS president was “honoured” to meet US counterpart Donald Trump this week and wasn’t offended by Trump’s comment about his fluency in English - his mother tongue - Liberia's foreign minister said last week.
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The US president's gaffe has even inspired a catchy tribute song in the west African country.
Trump praised President Joseph Boakai on his English-speaking skills, apparently unaware that English is the official language of Liberia.
Responding to remarks Boakai made at a White House mini-summit of the presidents of five mineral-rich countries in west Africa, the US leader said: “Such good English... Where were you educated?”
Boakai — who, like most Liberians, speaks English as a first language - laughed uncomfortably and replied he had been educated in his home country.
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