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- President Donald Trump has been condemned by leaders from the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and New Zealand, over racist tweets he made telling first-term congresswomen to "go back" to the "totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
- Trump's attacks were directed at Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota - all of whom are US citizens.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and European Council President Donald Tusk have all condemned Trump's comments.
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Trump's attacks were at Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota - all of whom are Americans.
Leaders from Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, and the European Council, have spoken at press conferences, or taken to Twitter, to condemn Trump when he told the US congresswomen to "go back" to the "totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
While none have called the president's tweets "racist," here are the leaders who have criticized Trump for his remarks.