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‘Here is what my #s-hole looks like’: African countries and Haiti react to Trump’s remark
The Washington Post ^ | January 12, 2018 | By Paul Schemm and Eli Rosenberg

Posted on 01/12/2018 10:54:28 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Trump’s dismissal of Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as “s-hole countries” whose inhabitants are not desirable for U.S. immigration shocked people around the world and provoked swift condemnation.

“The African Union Commission is frankly alarmed at statements by the president of the United States when referring to migrants of African countries and others in such contemptuous terms,” said Ebba Kalondo, the spokeswoman for the African Union.

The reaction from the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, was uncharacteristically blunt. He described the remark as “racist.”

In Haiti, people took to Twitter to share pictures of their country — verdant green hills, palm trees in the sunset, and sparkling turquoise water.

“Hey #S-HolePresident!” wrote Harold Isaac. “Here is what my #s-hole looks like.”

The deputy secretary general of the African National Congress, the party once led by Nelson Mandela, hit back at Trump’s comment during a news conference in South Africa.

“Ours is not a s-hole country. Neither is Haiti or any other country in distress,” Jessie Duarte said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; elsalvador; ethiopia; haiti; newjersey; nj; norway; shathole; sholes; shythole
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are as the French would say, “pays de merde”.


101 posted on 01/12/2018 11:55:39 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: aquila48

Importing these folks into the US and the US will become like the country these folks left.


102 posted on 01/12/2018 11:55:45 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Notice how all countries with voodoo religions are shitholes?


103 posted on 01/12/2018 11:55:51 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: aquila48

Importing these folks into the US and the US will become like the country these folks left. What is there not to understand?


104 posted on 01/12/2018 11:56:36 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: pinkandgreenmom

67. But then you can’t hold blacks to standards.

(https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country/ht-haiti)


105 posted on 01/12/2018 11:58:52 AM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

*** “If you like your sh*thole, you can keep your sh*thole” ***

Excellent
Good idea for a bumper sticker, others could be like...
“Don’t Californicate Texas”
“Don’t (insert sh*thole place here) the USA”


106 posted on 01/12/2018 11:59:31 AM PST by TexasTransplant (Did You Screw up your Life? You get a “Second Chance” every second.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I don’t follow your context. What does that mean, `It likely is Dick Durbin not Donald’?
Durbin is a mealy-mouthed liar, traitor and political hack.
Why is his name in the same sentence with the president’s name?


107 posted on 01/12/2018 12:00:33 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The only s-list country I’ve visited is El Salvador. It’s definitely a s-hole.

But I’ve also been to Nicaragua which is clearly a s-hole but not on Trump’s s-list. I’ve also been to other non-s-list countries that have large s-hole areas. Countries like China, Paraguay, Brazil, and Mexico are not official s-holes, but have large s-hole regions. /s-


108 posted on 01/12/2018 12:01:57 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: KC_Lion

109 posted on 01/12/2018 12:02:02 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Death of the MSM - "Because it is my show and I don't want to do that." Jake Tapper)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Awesome invocation of hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance in the rats and their insurgents’ dictators! Go President Trump!

Truth’s light against proggie lies.

Proggies lose, again, with their catch-22: We need to take people from those terrible countries...but...those countries aren’t terrible...


110 posted on 01/12/2018 12:02:45 PM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Oh look. Beachfront property!


111 posted on 01/12/2018 12:05:02 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Death of the MSM - "Because it is my show and I don't want to do that." Jake Tapper)
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To: 353FMG

“Importing these folks into the US and the US will become like the country these folks left. What is there not to understand?”

And there’s plenty of evidence...

Detroit, South Chicago, Baltimore, East St Louis, Oakland...

But no one dares to mention the elephant in the room.


112 posted on 01/12/2018 12:05:17 PM PST by aquila48
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“African countries and Haiti react to Trump’s remark”

Do people in these countries vote? No; they don’t. Trump’s base reacts by becoming stronger. So it really doesn’t matter what African countries and Haiti think.


113 posted on 01/12/2018 12:06:31 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: RayChuang88

once the Clinton Foundation got their hands on the relief effort

You are not to supposed to recall that or that gold mining permit Hitlery’s bro got !!


114 posted on 01/12/2018 12:06:48 PM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: aquila48

#This_Is_What_A_Shithole_Looks_Like!!!!!


115 posted on 01/12/2018 12:06:52 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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To: Cheerio

Seems like Norway is the logical choice.

That being said, not only do I, ummm, err “dislike” liberal politicians ruining America, I hate it that they’re doing it to old Europe - of which I expected countries like Norway and Sweden to be more pristine.

sigh


116 posted on 01/12/2018 12:07:08 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tell it to the whites who live in what’s left of South Africa.

I have a good friend who is an immigrant from South Africa. She and her husband are here because they (literally) can’t work in South Africa because they are white, are tired of being treated as criminals.

Ask the Dominicans what they think of the Haitians.


117 posted on 01/12/2018 12:07:22 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

True story...

A relative of mine has hosted foreign exchange students many times over the years.

One of them several years ago was from Japan and happened to be back in the States on vacation over the recent holiday. She is a very intelligent and wonderful person. She was staying with my relative and we got to talking.

She doesn’t like Japan and wants to move. She and her husband decided to move to Australia. When I asked why they picked Australia she told me they tried for years to get a VISA to come to the US but were denied.

I can only guess why....

Her country is not a shithole.

I would like the Democrats to explain why it is better for my family and my fellow American to pick someone from a shithole like Niger or Libya or Haiti over this 24 year old from Japan.


118 posted on 01/12/2018 12:10:42 PM PST by nitzy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow. I always thought of Haiti and most of Africa, and India, in the same way as philly and detroit, NYC before Giuliani, and I know the only reason Chicago is clean is because the wind blows the trash into the lake.

After looking at Isaac what’s his name’s twitter pics I have come to the conclusion that God has made a beautiful earth for us and wherever we go, we leave our mark, for good or bad. Smiling at the thought of landscaping a mountainside with a huge waterfall, flowers and trails, dogwoods, redbuds, shade gardens, bridges, etc, etc. Anywho. Isaac what’s his name is a long time never trumper.

Now the Japanese are OCD when it comes to litter so Japan is very clean but the interracial marriage thing is weird. Just saying humans are humans and we all have our own culture with its gifts and detriments. There really isn’t anywhere I would like to go visit except...Israel. Only because of its past and future. Not the present.


119 posted on 01/12/2018 12:12:46 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Yaelle

Haiti is what it is because it is full of Haitians.
Somalia is what it is because it is full of Somalians.


120 posted on 01/12/2018 12:13:22 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents-Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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