President Trump is under fire for referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as "shithole countries." In the early 20th century, much of that debt belonged to banks in the United States. For the next 19 years, the United States ruled Haiti. (Before the outbreak, the United States withheld funds to pay for water and sanitation infrastructure for more than 10 years for purely political reasons.) President Trump has no idea what’s happening in Puerto Rico

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2018 22:40 UTC