President Trump stepped in it this week when he called Haiti, El Salvador, and nations in Africa “sh*thole countries,” preferring that America welcome immigrants from Norway instead. A political and diplomatic sh*tstorm ensued, played out (sometimes without asterisks!) in the nation’s news outlets. Contributor Faith Salie discusses what happens when our nation’s chief executive uses language best scrawled on a bathroom stall.
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