This is the diplomatic way to say “takes one to know one” in response to the accusation of “shithole country.”

We are actively, aggressively dismantling as much vital government services as we can to pad the bottom lines of as many oligarchs as possible with the continued Trickle Down Reagan Economics promises that need just one more election cycle to come to fruition, despite all available data pointing to the contrary.

… but if the data is “woke” I guess it’s to be ignored.