Donald Trump’s praise of his Liberian counterpart, Joseph Boakai, prompted criticism and offense in the country. Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa.

President Trump complimented the president of Liberia on his English, apparently unaware that it’s the country’s official language.

“Asking the President of Liberia where he learned English when it’s literally the official language is peak ignorance,” Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, said in a post on social med...