If the president really did use some form of the s-word, my advice would be that he should adjust his language to say what he wants without being vulgar. It's certainly not politically correct to call countries "[bleep]holes" even when they deserve it, but being politically incorrect doesn't require talking like a jerk. Trump's enemies will hate his guts no matter what, but he doesn't have to help them. On the other hand, some perspective might be in order. Which is worse, calling a country a [bleep]hole, or a country really being a [bleep]hole?
Some people on Twitter have found a story, reported by the Independent, for example, in which then-President Obama faulted U.K. Prime Minister Cameron for allowing Libya to become a "[bleep] show" after the ouster of Muammar Ghadafi. Of course, whether he himself had contributed to making Libya a "[bleep] show" by helping to oust Gha-daffyduck in the first place didn't seem to occur to Obama. But in any event, foul language from Obama does not excuse foul language from Trump.
One thing that should be obvious about immigration is that allowing people to move from Haiti, Norway, or anywhere else is not to change much of anything in those countries. This means that if a country is a [bleep]hole, it will still be a [bleep]hole after a small number of its people leave for the United States. As for Norway, I'm not sure that taking people from a continent which is experiencing sub-replacement fertility might not be all that beneficial, either.
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Here's some other [bleep] in the news:
From The Washington Free Beacon, there has been a decline in prison population going on three years.
From KAKE, a convicted murderer in Missouri, who raped and killed a ten-year-old girl, gets the ultimate penalty.
From Independent Women's Forum, in Seattle, how the minimum wage hike killed the five-dollar footlong sub.
From Russia Today, a British woman in Dubai faces jail time for being in the vicinity of a fight.
From iNews, the Great Mosque in Brussels is said to be an "Islamist hub".
From the Express, Greece has 20 percent unemployment.
From Voice Of Europe, a man claiming to be a "child refugee" goes on vacation in the Middle East after getting his Swedish residency permit. (It was so bad back home that he had to leave, but now that he has left, it's safe enough for him to visit?)
From France24, the new German coalition government will take in 200,000 refugees each year. (The story comes via Defend Europa. Does this mean that Chancellor Merkel has successfully formed a new coalition?)
From Hungary Journal, Hungarian mayors want to prevent Hungarian native George Soros from setting up offices in Hungary. (via Voice Of Europe)
From Sputnik International, according to a British MEP, forcing Poland to take in migrants may push Poland out of the E.U.
From Middle East Monitor, forty-odd African migrants are prevented from storming into Ceuta by Moroccan security forces. (Ceuta is a Spanish city in Africa, separated from Morocco only by a border wall.)
From the Independent, police in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England have arrested 20 men for alleged involvement in a
From the NL Times, in 2017, Dutch police discharged their firearms 23 times, killing 4 suspects.
From National Review, Republicans should say "no" to Joe.
From Brinkwire, in response to President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, three American imams call for the death of Jews.
From Breitbart London, left-wing pro-immigrant bias shows up in the French media.
From Modern Ghana, an imam urges the Ghanaian government to not give rights to homosexuals. (The last three stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)
From Politico, Trump extends the nuclear deal with Iran. (via the New York Post)
From the New York Post, 80-year-old woman 1 - thug who tried to take her purse 0. (She thus gets the "badass" label.)
And from Health24, why people go to sleep in strange places.
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