I find a lot of irony in this story. I took the comment to be a not very good joke about this guy's nervousness but everyone will interpret it their own way I guess. To me racism is judging someone (usually in a negative light) based on their race. I have yet to see Trump do this though I suppose that the accusation here is that Trump assumes Hispanics generally can't speak English. That's reading a lot into it if you ask me (and nobody did) and I find it hard to believe that Trump would honestly think that given his experience.

Anyway, the ironic part is that various media outlets (including the one linked above) ASSUMED this border patrol agent was Hispanic. Isn't that a bit...well...racist by the standards being used here? I don't know what this guy's background is but his last name... Anzaldua... is of Italian origin.

I would point out that the idea that this wasn't racist isn't unique to me:

Hector Garza, a colleague of Mr. Anzaldua’s who is also the vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, which endorsed Mr. Trump during the 2016 election, said he was proud of his friend and did not see anything wrong with the president’s remark about his language skills. Mr. Garza said Mr. Anzaldua had a stellar record — including the “Top Dog” award for narcotics apprehensions.

“I didn’t think anything of it,” said Mr. Garza, who said he had met with Mr. Trump numerous times and who, like Mr. Anzaldua, is Hispanic. “What ends up happening is that President Trump feels very comfortable with our agents, and our agents support President Trump, and I think this was him speaking comfortably with one of our agents. I didn’t see anything wrong with it.”

Granted, Mr. Garcia may not have wanted to say anything bad about the President and ultimately his boss but he could have declined to comment.

PSA: I'm not a Trump supporter and didn't vote for him. I just agree with the top level comment that the charge of racism is thrown around at the drop of a hat these days.