At Georgia rally, Trump revives 'sh*thouse countries' jab and says U.S. 'got' Greenland

President Donald Trump attacked Sen. Jon Ossoff over a Haiti protected-status bill at a rally in Perry, Georgia, calling Libya, Yemen, Haiti and Somalia 'sh*thouse countries,' and claimed the U.S. 'got' both Greenland and Venezuela 'for zero.'

President Donald Trump revived his years-old insult of poorer nations on Saturday, telling a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, that Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff had backed bringing in migrants from what he called "sh*thouse countries."

"And Jon Ossoff personally sponsored a bill to bring armies of migrants from terror-infested countries like Libya, Yemen, Haiti, Somalia. Remember? Remember what I called them? Sh*thouse countries," Trump said at the rally for Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

The bill he referred to, S. 4814, was introduced in the Senate on June 17 by Sen. Ed Markey and other Democrats. It would require the Homeland Security secretary to designate Haiti for temporary protected status until three months after Jan. 20, 2029. Ossoff signed on as a co-sponsor.

Claims about Somali immigrants

Trump also singled out Somali immigrants. "You know, 98% of the people that we have here now in Somalia don't work. They don't really have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes-Benz," he said. "Can you believe, low IQ, and they live better than you do?" He offered no evidence for the figure.

Recalling a meeting with Democratic senators on immigration, Trump said he had asked them: "Why do we always have to take people from sh*thouse countries? Why can't we take people from like, well, Norway? Sweden? Why not Denmark?"

The remark echoes a January 2018 White House meeting with senators, where Trump was reported to have called Haiti and African nations "sh*thole countries." He denied it at the time but acknowledged using the phrase in a December 2025 speech in Pennsylvania.

'We got them both'

Turning from Denmark to Greenland, Trump claimed Copenhagen had handed the Arctic island to Washington. "Denmark was so great, they gave us Greenland. You do know that," he said. "It's going to go down as the greatest real estate deal in history, probably after Venezuela." Asking the crowd whether they would take Venezuela or Greenland, he answered: "Both. We got them both," adding, "For zero."

Neither territory has been transferred to U.S. sovereignty. Denmark retains sovereignty over Greenland, and a recent defense arrangement that expanded U.S. military rights on the island recognizes Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination. A U.S.-Denmark memorandum on maritime and shipbuilding cooperation signed Oct. 22 states that it does not apply to Greenland or the Faroe Islands.

Nuuk, the capital of Greenland (file photo)

On Venezuela, Trump appeared to refer to expanded U.S. access to the country's oil sector after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in January. Venezuela remains a sovereign state, now led by acting President Delcy Rodríguez.

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At Georgia rally, Trump revives 'sh*thouse countries' jab and says U.S. 'got' Greenland