Chicago, according to President Donald Trump, is a “hellhole.”
This from the president busy gilding the White House with gold-leaf decor and building a ballroom large enough to force the removal of the former lawn at the Rose Garden.
This president has played many of the world’s golf courses at exclusive clubs. Has he ever dared to step foot into a real “hellhole” neighborhood anywhere? Has he ever visited the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago? Or Los Angeles, or the District of Columbia?
Webster’s Dictionary defines a hellhole as “a place of extreme misery or squalor.” To be sure, Chicago has rundown neighborhoods and a high rate of murders and other serious crimes. But most big cities in America share those troubles. Chicago can boast an incredible waterfront, downtown and world-class