A Majestic Sh..Hole Awaits!

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These Cheeky Ads From Haiti Hope to Use Trump’s Words Against Him

Creative director raises funds for billboards and letter to the president

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President Trump’s comments referring to certain nations, including Haiti, as “shitholes” provoked widespread anger and outrage. But one agency creative in the Caribbean nation is working on a more lighthearted response—raising money to run out-of-home and print ads in Washington, D.C., that aim to use Trump’s words against him to boost the image of Haiti.

Fabien Dodard, a creative director at Parkour Studio, has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise cash to run “shithole” themed ads for Haiti in the American capital. He has set a $40,000 goal and raised a little over $2,000 so far.

The more money he raises, the more ads he’ll be able to run. The creative has already been produced, with headlines like “A majestic shhole awaits,” “You bring the sunscreen. We bring the shhole” and “Our sh**hole beaches go on for days.” There is also a letter to Trump that could run in The New York Times.

Here are mockups of how the ads would look:

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For the record, this campaign is not connected with the Haiti government or its tourism agency.

On the GoFundMe page, he offers this breakdown of how the funds would be used at certain levels:

• With $3,000, we can have one billboard on the insterstate.
• With $15,000, we can have one billboard up downtown.
• With $20,000, we’ll have one billboard + some transit ads
• With $35,000, we’ll have 2 billboards + some transit ads
• With $40,000, we’ll have all of the above + some ads in a D.C. mall
• With $200,000, we’ll have all of the above + a half page insertion of our letter in the New York Times. (yes a shithole half page insertion in the NYT is very expensive…)
• With $500,000+, we’ll have all of the above and will invest the rest of the money in tourism projects and infrastructure.

Here are more mockups:

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Finally the letter to Mr. President:

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Source: http://www.adweek.com

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That is pretty funny. Very creative.

Thank you!

Beautiful Shhole
What a beautiful sh
hole you are
With beautiful and shy historical background
With countryside sh
ly breath taking
I’d love a vacation in the sh**hole country side

Thanks for sharing, keep steeming and touching lives

The campaign is interesting, the shit hole thing hahaha. Upped

Thank you!

Don't just show the natural beauty of those shithole countries and the tourist areas. Show the corrupt government and politicians running those countries to the ground hence they become shitholes. Show the normal working people and their daily plight to just survive. Fakenews and their supporters are spreading propaganda trying to refute the fact that there are not shithole countries in this world. They become shithole due to corrupt government policies.
There are shithole countries in this world and you'll see wastelands, devastation and stricken poverty in those countries. Trump is talking about how corrupt government destroying their own country for selfish reasons and their own personal gain, not national interest nor for the people. Trump is not referring to the citizens of those countries nor the land, just the corrupt government and politicians in power. Liberal Snowflakes grow up!

I only wanted to highlight the creative part of the advertising and not go deep in Politics but since you mentioned it, you might be right about the corruption in Haiti and many other countries for that matter, but that does not justify or give any president the right to describe a country as a Sh..t hole, talk about it's government as sh..t hole and that would be ok with me. But when you describe the country as a sh..t hole you are referring to everything in the country including and mainly its people. a country is made of people before buildings, landscapes or beaches, and when you generalize like this, you are hurting the people. Remember that words once said can't be unsaid.
Those poor class that is trying to survive from day to day, they might be poor from your point of view but I see them rich in dignity and their spirit are far richer than people running wall street, and they deserved to be called with good names and respect and not as Sh..t holes.

nobody actually heard trump said those people were shitholes. it was the liberal dems dicky durbin, a traitor to the American people who came out with the rumors. he was to known to lie many instances in the past. Other politicians in the room confirmed that it wasn't the language trump had used. but fakenews media have been know for its "fakenews" identity. should do research and use an objective mind before believing anything coming out of the mainstream media nowadays. by the way, if people want to propagandize and extrapolate a comment, if shithole was really the comment, to many other things in life, then so be it. Have at it.

Why did they not deny it then?

The White House didn’t deny that Trump made the remark in a response, instead issuing a statement saying that, “President Trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation.”

Trump reportedly told a previous Oval Office meeting that Haitians “all have AIDS” and that Nigerian immigrants would never “go back to their huts” if allowed into the US — although the White House strenuously denied that report.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/11/trump-blasted-for-shithole-comment-about-haiti-africa/

the source of this news said it all - mainstream media "BS". fakenews media outlets from all the blue dems state have an assembly line for propaganda. Too bad, i don't think NY post made it on the list of "Fake News Award". Well may be nypost will have a chance next. probably NYT made it on list with Wa Post. CNN the clinton news network is for sure on the list. LoL.
Enjoy your research!

I do agree with you that the source is not reliable as I do not take any mainstream news agency as a reliable source. If i did, i would be probably writing my blog on facebook than here on the blockchain. If I get a more reliable source I will post it here, if not then you have a good point to make that he did not mention it and I do apologize for making this article.

no need to apologize. everyone has a right to their own opinion. just make sure you don't short-changed yourself. we just want to be fair and do our own diligence when it comes to the news these day. negative news about trump, whether it's true/fake, or even make-believe ones, are over 95% in almost all mainstream media reporting. that should cause alarm bell to go off. just my opinion.

there is nothing wrong with apologizing when we are wrong, it is a form of strength in my opinion and not weakness. Usually, I do check all the information before posting, but to be fair I just loved the advertisement and assumed it was true before making an effort to check if it was true.

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There! A interesting and creativity way to show what they think about 😃

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