Trump to meet with Caribbean leaders at Mar-a-Lago

[left-of-center2012]

President Trump is slated to meet with the leaders of several Caribbean countries later this week at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the White House announced.

Trump will gather with the leaders of the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Lucia on Friday to reaffirm the White House’s “strong friendship with and commitment to these countries, and signal the importance of the Caribbean to the hemisphere,” the White House said in a statement.

“The President will discuss his vision for our diverse relationships in the Caribbean and the potential opportunities for energy investment,” the White House added, noting that the leaders will also discuss Chinese economic practices in the region and the current Venezuelan leadership crisis.

Trump sparked bipartisan backlash early last year after he reportedly referred to immigrants from Haiti and African nations as coming from “shithole countries.”
“Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country. Never said ‘take them out.’ Made up by Dems," Trump tweeted.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/434832-trump-to-meet-with-caribbean-leaders-at-mar-a-lago

[msongs]

1. gotta jack the taxpayers into paying him hotel room rents nt

[malaise]

2. Haiti? Their PM was ousted last week n/t

[lpbk2713]

3. Wants to make sure they haven't forgotten.

They live in shit hole countries.

[Retrograde]

4. Do they have to buy a membership first?

Or just kickback some potential development deals?

[HipChick]

5. Too late...Chinese and Taiwan have huge influence

Trump will run his mouth....and deny he made any "Shithole" comment

[malaise]

6. So the daughter's visit to St Lucia was not vacation

and two of the other leaders have bauxite plants run by the sanctioned Russian Oleg Deripaska - very interesting.

[HipChick]

8. Interesting connection..

[malaise]

9. It's who's willing to intervene with Venezuela

Men with no integrity

[malaise]

12. Notice that Jamaica is suddenly closing it's embassy in

Venezuela

[allgood33]

7. Be aware the leaders of these countries are mostly conservatives looking for deals for themselves

Have close friends from the Bahamas who despised immigrants almost as much as the MAGAs. They see Trump and his policies as supportive of their personal goals...and dealmaking. They have little or no time for the poor among them.

[malaise]

10. The immigrants they despise are mostly Haitian

[DFW]

11. I bet I know what the secret agenda really was

"OK, which of you guys will offer me a passport and a non-extradition treaty, and how much will it cost?"

[tanyev]

13. Betcha someone in the delegation gets mistaken for a waiter at least once.