Don in hole lot of strife

US President Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm of criticism after launching a foulmouthed attack on immigrants from “s---thole countries”.

During a White House meeting yesterday he turned the Oval Office air blue when questioned why the US would accept more immigrants from Haiti and Africa rather than places such as Norway, whose leader he met with this week.

“Why are we having all these people from s---hole countries come here?” Mr Trump told politicians from both sides of politics visiting him to propose a bipartisan immigration deal, which he rejected.

The 71-year-old’s latest tirade came as his visit to London next month was canned amid fears of protests.

The White House did not deny his remark, initially reported by The Washington Post, and instead issued a statement saying Mr Trump supports immigration policies that welcome “those who can contribute to our society”.

“Certain Washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but President Trump will always fight for the American people,” a spokesman said.

However, last night Mr Trump’s slur was met with both anger and incredulity, with the New York Daily News publishing a scathing front page with the headline “S--for brains”.

Former CIA director John Brennan said that Lady Liberty was “weeping” over the President’s “atrocious” comment, denouncing the commanderin-chief as a “deeply flawed person”.

And CNN’s Anderson Cooper respected said Mr Trump’s comment was “not racial. Not racially charged. Racist. The sentiment the President expressed today is a racist sentiment”.

Mr Trump has previously referred to himself as the “least racist person that you’ve ever met”.

The high possibility of mass protests against Mr Trump are behind the cancellation of the London visit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May invited Mr Trump for a state visit when she visited the White House a year ago but no date has ever been set for it.