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Haiti suddenly went from 'GREAT ALREADY' to 'hell' now that Trump is sending back its people

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Haiti suddenly went from 'GREAT ALREADY' to 'hell' now that Trump is sending back its people

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The existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre claimed that "hell is other people." Former Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera is among the bleeding hearts who believe that hell is Haiti — at least now that the Trump administration is repatriating its people. Then President Donald Trump identified Haiti in a January 2018 meeting as one among various "s**thole countries." This was, after all, then a failed state plagued by violence, haunted by rumors of cannibalism, and still reeling from a deadly earthquake. 'Ridiculous.' There was tremendous backlash over Trump's remarks — not only from the Haitian government and the United Nations' human rights office but from Democrats and the liberal media. Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) were among the many concern-mongers who claimed that Trump's vivid characterization of Haiti as a less-than-ideal nation was "racist." In addition to similarly attacking Trump, celebrities ran a PR campaign for the Caribb

First report: A volunteer arrived in Haiti after the earthquake. Now, she runs a Haitian 911. cbsnews.com, 1d

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