Trump ‘slur’ projected onto president’s Washington hotel

THE word “sh**hole” – which President Donald Trump allegedly used to describe countries from which he does not want immigrants coming to the US – has been projected onto his Washington hotel.

Trump is said to have made the remarks -- which he has denied but which a US senator who was present confirmed -- at a meeting with legislators, setting off a firestorm of criticism when they became public.

“Not a DC resident? Need a place to stay? Try our sh**hole. This place is a sh**hole,” read successive messages projected over the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in central Washington, according to a video posted on social media.

A flood of grinning faeces emojis then stream out of the hotel’s entrance as “sh**hole” appears in larger text, all in capital letters, above it.

Another clip shows the word “sh**hole” over the entrance along with an arrow pointing to the door.

The videos were posted on the Twitter account of Robin Bell, who has staged other projection protests and been likened to a hit-and-run editorial writer by The Washington Post.

The alleged expletive emerged out of a meeting on Thursday between Trump and legislators.

After lawmakers raised the issue of protections for immigrants from African nations, Haiti and El Salvador, the president reportedly demanded to know why the US should accept immigrants from “sh**hole countries”.

Trump on Friday tweeted a convoluted denial about the comments.

But Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said Trump had asked, “Do we need more Haitians?” before a diatribe about African immigration. – AFP