When I was 18 or so my older brother still lived at home. I remember telling him his bedroom was a "shithole". So i guess by todays media standards I would be a racist. Does someone want to explain that to me? While I agree that the President saying that was ill advised, WTF does it have to do with racism? BTW Haiti is a shithole.
Sure, Al...we've all use that term in our lifetimes. I didn't (and still don't) see it as being a racist slur as you described your comments to your older sibling...nobody has implied that one or more races are shi*holes, as I recall Trump was referring to the countries, not the population. I think most of us who are continent-bound and haven't gone to Haiti think of it as a tropical paradise. It must not be....(understatement is only ANOTHER of my many services).
I'm just curious, Al...you seem to be a Trump supporter (I could be wrong about that, though)...either way, do you think him using that sort of language is "presidential" in nature? I know a lot of U.S. Trump supporters really relish that he doesn't engage in PC or mince words, but to the rest of the world I think Trump is just viewed an inept, vulgar and self-serving (none of which are desirable descriptors for a POTUS, BTW).
So...the big Q...is the "conservative" movement realizing that Trump isn't helping their agenda any with all this "renegade" behavior? Even Fox News(?) Network is focusing on his many deficits. When Fox turns against a (self proclaimed) conservative POTUS, particularly with the strangle-hold the conservatives have, it MUST be a significant issue...I've never seen Fox denigrate a fellow conservative politician before and this is unusual.
These are truly trying times, Al...we're a country at each others' throats over all this (although I do try to limit my criticisms to comments regarding Trump and not our forum members). We've had unpopular presidents before, but none that I recall who generated so much dissatisfaction for so many reasons.
Rod may be right....time for impeachment if he won't try to represent the U.S. in a better light. What good does he think causing all this international ya-ya will accomplish?
Cheers to you, Al! Thanks for having a cool head for these discussions!
Doug