Trump attacks protections for refugees from ‘sh**thole’ countries in Oval Office

[LimoLiberal]

https://t.co/Vu32RBhJoJ

Our racist president, folks.

[Dr. Arch]

Link is broken, but I just read about it on HuffPo.

[Suburbia]

I don't see what the big deal is. Some parts of Africa are not places you want to live. Even some parts of the U.S. are horrible. Stop overprojecting. He slightly has a point. Everywhere has crapholes.

[Holmes]

I don't see what the big deal is. Some parts of Africa are not places you want to live. Even some parts of the U.S. are horrible. Stop overprojecting. He slightly has a point. Everywhere has crapholes.

Of course someone from New Jersey would say that.

[Suburbia]

I don't see what the big deal is. Some parts of Africa are not places you want to live. Even some parts of the U.S. are horrible. Stop overprojecting. He slightly has a point. Everywhere has crapholes.

Of course someone from New Jersey would say that.

They are crapholes all over the world. Look at some parts of rural Tennessee.

[Holmes]

I don't see what the big deal is. Some parts of Africa are not places you want to live. Even some parts of the U.S. are horrible. Stop overprojecting. He slightly has a point. Everywhere has crapholes.

Of course someone from New Jersey would say that.

They are crapholes all over the world. Look at some parts of rural Tennessee.

What did rural Tennessee ever do to you?

[catographer]

True part of what he said: Some of these countries are sh*tholes. We should be cautious about taking poor, uneducated immigrants from these countries.

Problematic part: Calling entire countries sh*tholes, rejecting all immigrants from them. Offering an example of a white country (Norway) in contrast to black countries (Haiti and Africa).

Is it racist? Well, he's essentially arguing against the diversity visa lottery program because it takes in poor, third-world immigrants. That's sort of racist, but it depends on whether he has non-economic concerns about these people.

Also, it's very hypocritical and ignorant of people to criticize the US taking poor, uneducated immigrants. The entire 19th century of the US was a history of the US taking poor, uneducated immigrants from all over Europe, Asia, and Africa (mostly Europe at the time). People disliked it then, but then a couple decades went by and those poor immigrants became middle class and assimilated, and then those people took their turn to criticize the new arrivals. Frankly this country should take immigrant from "sh*thole" countries, but let's be smart and honest about it.

[pbrower2a]

This is racist talk. It is difficult, if not impossible, to backtrack from this hateful statement.

Our President may be showing even more signs of going unhinged.   

[Fuzzy Bear]

If Trump had used the term "failed states", would he be wrong?

These countries are awful places with folks unable to be self sufficient. The people there have tragic plights, but it is not the responsibility of the USA to mitigate this with mass immigration.  And if we choose to help them in their own countries, I don't want to hear about "Yankee Imperialism"

[Ashley Biden's Diary]

The U.S. should not take any new poor immigrants, unless the government is able to do two things: Create jobs (as in TVA), and fix the automation problem by rewarding companies that hire people instead of using machines. Our current system of capitalist exploitation is only going to continue to screw over poor people more and more.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

It was a dumb and offensive thing to say. That being said, cue the faux outrage from red avatars here who have made dozens of jokes about Oklahoma...

[Fuzzy Bear]

The U.S. should not take any new poor immigrants, unless the government is able to do two things: Create jobs (as in TVA), and fix the automation problem by rewarding companies that hire people instead of using machines. Our current system of capitalist exploitation is only going to continue to screw over poor people more and more.

I concur.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I think Trump made it pretty clear that only whites are welcome to the US of A.
How long till he advocates the reinstatement of Jim Crow?

[Santander]

Nothing wrong with this.

[Yank2133]

Yeah, I normally laugh at Trump's nonsense. But this actually infuriates me. Most of these African immigrants are usually highly educated and come here and are positive contributors to our society.

For Donald ****ing Trump, who has always been worthless and a waste of oxygen and life, to question why they should be here is ludicrous.

**** this guy, I would pay to go to his funeral.

[RINO Tom]

I think Trump made it pretty clear that only whites are welcome to the US of A.
How long till he advocates the reinstatement of Jim Crow?

You honestly think Trump would have some huge qualm with a Japanese lawyer or Brazilian doctor coming to the United States?

[Doimper]

The U.S. should not take any new poor immigrants, unless the government is able to do two things: Create jobs (as in TVA), and fix the automation problem by rewarding companies that hire people instead of using machines. Our current system of capitalist exploitation is only going to continue to screw over poor people more and more.

Would you mind explaining how automation, a process whereby humans are no longer needed to do menial, repetitive tasks and are thus freed to perform higher-functioning jobs, is a problem?

[Pyro]

Our white supremacist president is becoming even less subtle as the days go on. First it's "African huts" and "Haitians with AIDS." Now Haiti and El Salvador are "s**thole counties" and we should instead take in immigrants from Norway. If you fail to see the subtext here, then you ought to remove the fingers from your ears.

I think Trump made it pretty clear that only whites are welcome to the US of A.
How long till he advocates the reinstatement of Jim Crow?

That's what the "voter fraud" dogwhistle meant.

[Brittain33]

People who were outraged by "deplorables" are rushing to say that calling Haiti and African countries "sh**tholes" is totally not racist or anything

[Yank2133]

People who were outraged by "deplorables" are rushing to say that calling Haiti and African countries "sh**tholes" is totally not racist or anything

Not surprise.

These people are not on the level.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

No, Mr. President, YOU are the sh**thole.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I think Trump made it pretty clear that only whites are welcome to the US of A.
How long till he advocates the reinstatement of Jim Crow?

You honestly think Trump would have some huge qualm with a Japanese lawyer or Brazilian doctor coming to the United States?

Yes, I really do.  Maybe not a Japanese one, but certainly a Brazilian doctor or lawyer.  So would the majority of Republicans, for that matter.

[Roronoa D. Law]

I think Trump made it pretty clear that only whites are welcome to the US of A.
How long till he advocates the reinstatement of Jim Crow?

You honestly think Trump would have some huge qualm with a Japanese lawyer or Brazilian doctor coming to the United States?

Yes he would how many comments like these does take to continue to give him the benefit of the doubt. He's a racist, if he cared what jobs non-white immigrants had or there education attainment then he wouldn't have rescinded DACA.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

 Trump, I'm completely done with him.

[DrScholl]

Considering that Norway has a higher standard of living than the United States and is more democratic it makes zero sense why anyone from there would want to come here. Moving to the United States would be a step down.