I think the fellow is missing some important points.
One of them is the matter of how much is at stake. In Haiti the government is and always has been the route to wealth and comfort - nearly the only one, or the gatekeeper of any other.
Elsewhere more fortunate, not so.
In the US with the growth of government the stakes are rising. Who controls the government matters more and more, as it encroaches everywhere. If your coalition doesn’t control it, your enemies are free to ruin you. And there are more and more people who depend on government for all they have.
So Haiti-politics is coming here. Too much is at stake.
Most likely what attracted Trump to the process...