Haitian Prime Minister Resigns, Caving to Street Gangs Who Vowed Civil War Unless He Left

In 2018, Haiti was one of the countries that Donald Trump allegedly included on his “s**thole” nations list when talking about immigration. It set off a firestorm of condemnation, with many liberal figures trying to debunk the main premise. Haiti isn’t trash; it’s a treasure of the tropics. That had a shelf life of about 10 seconds, and now the people making that point are looking increasingly ridiculous as the island nation has become wracked with crime and murder and is on the brink of civil war. 

The dead litter the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, as no one is willing to remove the bodies. The street gangs have more or less taken control of the country, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Henry obliged yesterday after a gang leader—‘Barbecue’—threatened total civil war and genocide if the prime minister didn’t vacate his post (via NBC News): 

The embattled prime minister of Haiti, whose capital has been wracked by out-of-control gang violence, has agreed to resign, the head of a collective of Caribbean countries said Monday.