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President Trump's Slur Is An Insult To America, Too

This week President Trump spoke in vulgar terms about immigrants and their countries of origin. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the president's choice of words.
President Trump talks during a news conference with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway at the White House Wednesday.

The ugliest profanity President Trump uttered about immigrants and their countries of origin may not be the single word we've heard and read over and over these past couple of days. It's when the president reportedly asked the bipartisan group of legislators at

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