trumpie is a firm believer in the precept that "there is no bad news". The repeatedly debunked haitian-immigrants-are-eating-dogs-and-cats line is part of his strategy uber alles of Fear, and is a danger for the Haitian-American population of Springfield, Ohio, there is no doubt about the danger. But whatever lie he tells cannot produce laughter at him. Dictator-wannabes can not have the people laughing at him rather than in fear of him. If your threats and attempts at fear are not taken seriously, you can't be a good dictator! You can look it up in How To Be A Dictator. And this lie, repeated by a candidate for POTUS, not in private, but to an audience of 67.1 million Normal People, provoked ridiculing laughter. It is so patently false that no one believes it, or the man stupid enough to repeat it.