After Trump received blacklash from the Africa for is hate comment against Africans ,Trump has defended himself saying he is not a racist.

"I am not a racist," Trump told reporters at a dinner photo opportunity with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in West Palm Beach, Florida,

Trump said when asked if he is a racist: "No, I'm not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed.

Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump echoed the US President's remarks during a TV interview on Monday. She said Donald Trump may occasionally say "silly" things but he's "definitely not racist."

"I am not a racist": Donald Trump says after "shithole" nations remark fallout

Asked on the UK's Good Morning Britain TV show about the President's vulgar remarks about African nations last week Ivana Trump said she did not believe they showed he was racist. "Sometimes he says things that are silly," she said.