An Open Letter to President TrumpBy Bruce Bawer January 14, 2018
Dear Mr. President,
Attentive as I am to current events, I could not help noticing that you were criticized in some circles the other day for your alleged utterance of a certain two-syllable noun in a private White House meeting. ...
After pondering the matter for a couple of days, I have come to the conclusion that, indeed, it might not be advisable hereafter for you to use this word again. In fact, it seems to me that it can be problematic to use any single umbrella term when seeking to characterize a group of nations around the world ...
With this in mind, I have prepared a world map on which I have proposed descriptive labels for about two dozen specific countries. ...
Here is the map (on behalf of your computer display, please swallow any liquids before looking at the map):
