A 2024 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 51% of Americans said it was "extremely or very important" for the U.S. to make English its official language.

The country's capital, Monrovia, was named for James Monroe, the fifth U.S. president and a supporter of the effort to establish Liberia as a state for freed American slaves.

Trump’s over-the-top admiration suggested the U.S. president was completely unaware that Liberia’s official language is English. “Such good English,” Trump told Boakai during the meeting ...

President Donald Trump was visibly impressed by how well Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke English, the official language of the West African country, while visiting the White House on July 9 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump asked Liberian President Joseph Boakai where he learned to speak “so beautifully” during a White House meeting on Wednesday. English is the official language of ...

English is the official language of Liberia, which was founded in part as a movement to resettle free Black Americans in the 19th century. Mr. Trump was impressed by what he heard.

DOJ to enforce English as official US language: ‘Assimilation over division’ By Kaelan Deese July 14, 2025 3:52 pm ...