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Newscasters did their best to respond to Trump’s "shithole" comment. It didn't go well.

Can you believe this shithole?

We are now living in a post-shithole world.

Donald Trump’s already infamous remarks during a Thursday meeting on immigration sent the news cycle (and possibly America's diplomatic relations around the world) into a tailspin.

But there was a silver lining to the fallout from Trump’s racially inflammatory comments — getting to watch the way different cable news personalities handled verbalizing the expletive. Some engaged in clumsy verbal circles trying to steer clear of the word, while others seemed to relish the chance to cuss on live TV. Some expressed outrage, others were happy to take up the shithole mantle as a unifying badge of honor — much the same way that Trump supporters have co-opted “deplorables.”

Anyway, here’s a bunch of talking heads saying “shithole."