Ex-president avoided past ‘shithole countries’ racist invective, but said the US hadn’t gotten enough immigrants from ‘nice countries’
Donald Trump bemoaned a lack of immigrants to the US from “nice” countries “like Denmark [or] Switzerland”, offering millionaire donors at a Florida fundraiser a reprise of infamous racist Oval Office remarks about people coming to America from “shithole countries”.
Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for president again, despite facing 88 criminal charges and multimillion-dollar civil penalties for tax fraud and defamation, the latter arising from a rape allegation a judge called “substantially true”.
According to the New York Times, which cited an unnamed attendee at the Saturday event in Palm Beach, Trump told his audience: “These are people coming in from prisons and jails. They’re coming in from just unbelievable places and countries, countries that are a disaster.
“And when I said, you know, ‘Why can’t we allow people to come in from nice countries,’ I’m trying to be nice. Nice countries, you know like Denmark, Switzerland? Do we have any people coming in from Denmark? How about Switzerland? How about Norway?”
I can’t speak for others, but at the moment, even as entertaining as it is, I’d rather watch the US from a safe distance.
So would many Americans. Check this out.
https://www.perceptions.eu/migration-in-and-from-america-current-statistics/
American emigration to Europe totalled [sic] 3,6 million people in 2005, and 5 million in 2019, whereas Americans emigrating to other countries counted 29,3 million people in 2005 and 40 million people in 2019.
Fyi, that article refers to anyone from the Americas as Americans. It does not mean us citizens.
despite facing 88 criminal charges
Who here wanna bet that Stephen Miller advised him do do a couple more or fewer in order to land at his favorite number?
Lmao it can’t be an accident.
It was at 91 last I heard so if they’ve only gone through 3 in 4 years he’ll be 200 by the time they’re done
“Send me white chicks, Melanie is 20 years past her expiration date!”
Why would they leave countries with a higher standard of living and universal health care?
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/standard-of-living-by-country
Iceland 191.10
Denmark 190.60
Finland 188.10
Switzerland 185.80
Oman 184.80
Austria 183.30
Norway 181.80
Spain 177.70
Estonia 176.40
Germany 176.00
Japan 175.50
Sweden 174.80
United Arab Emirates 173.80
United States 173.00Hilarious Canada didn’t make the list. Shithole country immigrants keep showing up and that’s exactly what happens.
I cut off the list at 173 because I only wanted to show countries higher than the US.
Canada ranks surprisingly lower at 156.40. I’m not sure why. Maybe the temperatures / treatment of first nations people.
Wow what does Oman have going on over there?
As I understand it they are exceptionally stable and have been building themselves up since the colonial period. The sultan of Oman didnt live in Zanzibar for nothin’.
No more stable than any other Gulf countries. But they aren’t involved in any proxy wars and always maintained friendly relations with everyone including Iran.
Petrodollars. :)
Nowhere as much as Qatar or Saudi Arabia, yet they aren’t on the list. UAE should be higher up than Oman too but it isn’t.
Perhaps what helps Oman are other things besides oil and gas revenues. Perhaps their lush greenery and ancient frankincense trees.
SA is on the list, just ahead of the US, but yeah, I get where you’re coming from.
I live in Spain. I’ve lived in the US. There is literally no reason to go to the US except to visit of for tourism. Quality of life, and having an excellent health care system, good wather, basically no gun problems (contrary to popular belief, I can own a lot of types of guns, even non-auto assault guns, they are just properly regulated) etc. I’m very employable , and would probably make 2-3 times as much as here, but have no real incentive.
That’s the thing most Americans cannot grasp… money isn’t everything.
Capitalism is king 👑
This is a trap to identify the Danes and Swiss people with functioning brains and take us all out at once, isn’t it? 😛
The model of importing cheap labour from such differing countries seems like a failed one. He does have a point.
its funny because trump isnt even sure he’s making a point here, he’s just riffing. If he wanted to import WORKERS from sweden or denmark he’d implement sectoral bargaining. Of course he wouldn’t do that, he had to be dragged kicking and screaming by canada on the nafta renewal to get min wages for auto workers in mexico.
I don’t think that’s what he’s saying at all. You seem to be talking about something else.
Thank you for the invitation. Unfortunately I’m busy that day.
What about the following day?
Thank you for your message. I am out of the office until April 31st.
Humm. They’re probably scouting apartments in Florida this month.
Why? We’re not Aquaman.
Ironically (to everyone but him) Trump himself is the reason a lot of people from the “good” countries would never consider moving here.
Nah, that orange furuncle’s just a symptom, the disease clearly reaches much deeper and is probably terminal.
I decided to never go there way before I knew trump. Don’t want my dog to die from a bullet.
Why the fuck would they want to come here?
To them, the US is the shithole country.
It is to plenty of us that live here, too.
There are stupid right-wing people in every country.
Judging by Lord Lard-Ass’ complaints, they still don’t want to come here.
Maybe, but it’s not like anything he ever says is based on evidence.
Patriots who have even the scummiest of leftist’s backs best interests. You hate it but without them you’d be a filthy communist.
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I remember sth about german students from US colleges having to had back over Visa struggles when Trump was in power
He’s right.
You could double my income, even triple.
…and I still wouldn’t risk rising my children in the US.
Not a fucking chance…
Literally, had to make this decision four years ago.
In the end I went to the German branch of the same tech company and only made 1/4 the money I would have in the US.
However, because it was a US company they made me do the “what to do when there’s a shooter in the workplace” training course anyway. No regrets about not going.
I think the same… And I live in Canada, we don’t have it as good as Denmark or Switzerland but still…
I honestly only go to the States for short visits I dread, because we have family there… Otherwise I wouldn’t even visit
Canada is a shithole, you’ve been brainwashed to accept that it is not.
I’m a Brit. Thinking about US universities for my kid in a few years.
Think i can stay there for a few years while he studies ? No chance.
Thinking about US universities for my kid in a few years.
I hope you’re independently wealthy.
Why a US university?
Networking, mainly . And he doesn’t speak much Chinese
Get them to do a year abroad.
Or go Sydney instead.
Bruv. The high demand private universities here are fucking $80,000/year now. State schools more like $35,000. Shit’s fucked.
Is that uncommon though?
Isn’t it much more common for immigration laws to prioritize the dependents of a student, not the parents or guardian or a student m?
Didn’t Melania’s parents get fast tracked? Because she was a model?
Why would someone go from a “nice” country to the US? People want to improve their situation
The U.S. is not some homogeneous entity. It’s huge. It has its bad regions, but it also has its awesome regions as well. Just like the U.K.
You’re missing the point.
People don’t up sticks and move across the world for the fun of it. They do it because they seek a better life, the US mostly can’t offer that for people who already live in an advanced country.
Like wise, if you don’t want immigrants from “shit hole” countries, your options are to help make their own country better so that they won’t want to leave or to make your own country shitter than theirs so that they won’t want to come.
Well by them coming it is making the country shittier so everything is going according to your brilliant plan!
I moved to Germany for the fun of it (you could say that I was seeking a better life, I guess.)
I’ve also moved across states in the U.S. for the fun it.
It can happen.
I’m aware that a whole lot of people do it for different reasons, though.
And yeah, I find it funny when Americans complain about migrants from, say, Central America. They should learn the role the U.S. played in destabilizing the region in the 80s.
or to make your own country shitter than theirs so that they won’t want to come.
Republicans are certainly trying!
Leftists ruin everything. Demonrats destroy it all.
But it has no social safety nets really which is what “nice white countries” tend to have. Who wants to move somewhere without universal health care from a place that does?
And also about half the population is certifiable.
You have a point.
And no, not half of the population. Maybe half of the voting population. The newer generations are less tolerant of the ongoing GOP bullshit.
Twice in a row Donald Trump lost the popular vote, by millions of people.
Good point, Canada too, stay the fuck out!
Most majority white countries have better education, better healthcare, better religious and personal freedom, better personal security, lower crime, and better standards of living than the US.
A lot of that is why I left the US. Nowhere is perfect, but a lot of things are better for me personally in Japan.
So many Americans have never been outside of the US for any length of time. They have no experience with how good things are everywhere else.
So they can’t beat 🎉🎇💥 AMERICA FUCK YEAH 💥🎇🎉
Yup. White person from Austria here and while my life is far from perfect, I like having 5 weeks of paid vacation, free healthcare and education, not relying on cars, and many other things I wouldn’t have anymore if I migrated to the US. Maybe Trump should run on a platform of implementing those things in the US.
Candian here. No place is perfect. Canada is not perfect. I would never consider moving to the US. I like my freedom too much to give it up.
