content: Exactly.  Hispaniola is a fantastic example of how leadership and future planning shapes a nation. After the French were removed from Haiti, the locals decimated their forests and let the farms go untended. The Caribbean winds were unforgiving on the newly barren soil and eroded everything that was usable. Haiti has been a shithole ever since. The Dominican Republic on the other hand, turned to using imported natural gas as a fuel source. It also benefitted from a dictator that loved the forests and employed armed guards to protect the trees on its side of the island. When the hurricanes roll through, the DR side fares 100x better than Haiti due to the remaining forests.  That said, I don't see an issue with Trump calling it how it is. Haiti and El Salvador are shitholes, but they need to fix their own fucking countries before we allow them all to come here and fuck up ours.