The Ignored and Bloody History of the U.S. in Haiti and El Salvador

Donald Trump is a racist and the perfect man to represent America’s racist legacy in the countries he called shitholes. Intercepted Host Jeremy Scahill lays out the bloody U.S. history in Haiti and El Salvador and blasts the bipartisan, selective amnesia and historical revisionism that “American exceptionalism” demands.

Every January, the Martin Luther King Day holiday is an important reminder that one of the defining characteristics of the American exceptionalism that Democratic and Republican politicians constantly mention is selective amnesia combined with historical revisionism. This year was no different. Dr. King, as he is celebrated in the U.S. by the majority of politicians and institutions would be unrecognizable to King himself. King was a militant opponent of US wars and militarism.

He was a fierce advocate for the poor, the forgotten, the victims of the fabled American success story celebrated by its white beneficiaries. He repeatedly risked his life confronting not just racist policies or segregation, but the white supremacy ingrained in US society to this very day. But King the radical, the anti-imperialist, the anti-racist is not the King that is celebrated today. That King would certainly not be invited to his own memorial or the dedications of parks named in his honor.

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