God is always in the details. NYT on these details:

'A White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity suggested on Monday that Mr. Trump had said “shithouse countries,” not “shithole countries.” Mr. Durbin expressed disbelief that anyone would see a substantive difference between the terms.'

Read the article here.

I agree with the White House official, shithouse is slightly better than shithole. It's a small improvement, but it's an improvement. In these days we truly need optimism.