It's still off-topic here at hn. The community is very international, similar things happen in dozens of other countries too. The front page would be full of politics, if those kind of articles wouldn't be flagged.

There are a lot of other platforms, that are open for any topic, including politics. Reddit is probably the most similar one to hn.

USA is not like other countries.

It is the most powerful country in the world, the strongest military power in the world by far, a global nuclear power, and the basis of European military security and peace - at a time of Russian military expansionism.

This is not the same as Haiti having problems.