Nearly eight years later, President Trump has finally confirmed reports that he referred to Haiti and African nations as “s–thole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers.

Trump adamantly claimed at the time that he hadn’t used the vulgar phrase. Republican surrogates, including former Georgia Sen. David Perdue and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, rushed to the president’s defense after the alleged slur stirred a global controversy, according to CNN.

But Trump recalled the very moment that he did indeed use those words while delivering a speech to supporters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. He said the insult was invoked by him during an off-the-record meeting with senators during a discussion about immigration.

“We had a meeting and I say, ‘Why is it we only take people

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