Trump says immigrants are from 'shithole' countries

[SummerSnow]

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

By Josh Dawsey January 11 at 4:37 PM
President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to people familiar with their reactions. Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed cutting the visa lottery program by 50 percent and then prioritizing countries already in the system, a White House official said.

A White House spokesman declined to offer an immediate comment on Trump’s remarks.

Outlining a potential bipartisan deal, the lawmakers discussed restoring protections for countries that have been removed from the temporary protected status program while adding $1.5 billion for a border wall and making changes to the visa lottery system.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/

[gopiscrap]

1. what a total fucking asshole

[bdamomma]

22. exactly I have the

same sentiment.

Oh what about his daddy??? didn't he come from a "shit hole" country Germany?????

I am not saying it's a "shit hole now" (Germany).

Funny, I think he really wants a "lily white country" what a fucking asshole, and he can fucking shove it!!! What are we becoming old Germany, and you know what happened to their wall don't we? Geez I hate this guy!!!!!

[gopiscrap]

23. I came to the US for the first time in 1962

and my very first memory was of sitting on a curb in Tacoma Washington and kids found out I was German (couldn't speak English) and had rocks thrown at me and told (I later found out, that I was a "piece of shit" because I was German)

[RKP5637]

30. Many in America are bigoted and hateful. I find it often to be disgusting, like these bigoted and

hateful assholes think they're something special. Often one sees some dumpy and illiterate redneck and similar ilk strutting along like they're something special, casting their hatefulness on others. ... not realizing/caring what a hateful POS they are!

[gopiscrap]

36. exactly

[bdamomma]

35. horrible what you went

through, we are all immigrants, why can't they get this??? Now this is not the majority of people, we support diversity. God, I hate how people are being targeted. Canada's borders are open, they are more diverse than us.

[gopiscrap]

42. it was interesting to me as I grew up hearing the "official" stance of the US

and comparing it to the "street" attitude I was seeing. Granted once I learned English and the US attitude started to change towards Germany, it got way better. But it did for me as a child, I refused to speak German, French and Urdu which were all languages I knew when coming to the US. It was only after I was about 35 that I really started recapturing my German language ability again.

[geardaddy]

39. His paternal grandparents were from Germany

His mother was born in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland and English wasn't her first language, it was Scottish Gaelic. Trump acts like he comes from some high-falutin' background, but really he's just a bougie dick.

[lagomorph777]

2. So if a country's president is a shithole, does that make it a shithole country?

[Cha]

19. That would make us a shithole country..

and we're not. Just president shithole and all the shitholes he appointed. ryan and mcconnel were always shitholes.

That can change

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. ...

Rep. Mark Pocan
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@repmarkpocan
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More Rep. Mark Pocan Retweeted Washington Post
The real question is why we allow presidents from sh*thole companies like the Trump Organization

[lagomorph777]

44. ba da BOOM!

[exboyfil]

3. The Washington Post better have this sourced up and down

and every way from Sunday.

[underpants]

5. I agree.

Wow. Really?

[nolabear]

9. Just heard about another aide confirming it. I think it's going to have legs.

[EL34x4]

17. Legs to where? Every last person who voted for Trump agrees with him on this.

They'll love him even more for calling them "shithole" countries out loud.

The only people who will be outraged by this would never have voted for Trump in a million years.

[nolabear]

18. I actually think there are people who have a lot to lose by sticking with him.

The ones who delude themselves that they're actually not racists. The ones who are a step above the particular people you correctly believe will like that. The ones who are actually nervous about his willingness to say these things and what it indicates otherwise.

[eleny]

34. Take note, this thread illustrates that some of his base is falling away

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210087244

And this thread about the coal miners from yesterday.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210085290

[Mr.Bill]

37. This is the real problem.

He will go up in the polls for this.

[dalton99a]

4. .

[Fred Sanders]

6. Refugees from Norway!? Fleeing...prosperity and democracy? Shitler is a massive racist moron

[spanone]

7. a 'human being' totally devoid of compassion

[malaise]

25. This is more than that

This is KKK white supremacy.

[nolabear]

8. Let's see the GOP commentary on this one.

He is sticking to their shoes.

[SummerSnow]

10. Huckalieabee will spin this and say he did not say it , fake news

she will say.

[nolabear]

15. Possibly, but it's been confirmed by more than one person. Of course they're Dems.

[exboyfil]

16. That seems the only out

I look at every revelation like this as a Killian memo. It has has to have iron clad sourcing. If everyone was GOP in the room, then it never happened (even if it did happen).

[enough]

11. Not my President. NT

[Kirk Lover]

12. His Scum base agrees and say the same exact thing. n/t

[Sunlei]

13. His own son does a lot of vacations & 'big game hunting' in one of trumps "shithole" countries.

The Republicans presidents words, do harm to all Americans.

[CakeGrrl]

14. Showing his true White Supremacist colors more and more. -nt

[Drahthaardogs]

20. Tell Drumpf that in the history of the world

A generation ago his Irish mother was from a shit hole country.

[0rganism]

21. more people from countries like Norway? obvious rebut:

"People living in Scandinavian countries are generally happy with their situation and would be less likely to emigrate to a shithole country led by a self-proclaimed 'very stable genius'."

[IluvPitties]

24. His answer: "What about Eastern Europeans? Pretty people, you know! Like Melania!"

[0rganism]

26. lol, yea he'd probably say something like that

and maybe drop a tweet on it too

[bdamomma]

43. They have healthcare

too why would they go to the US????

[jl_theprofessor]

28. He's not saying anything

that white Republicans don't actually think.

[RKP5637]

29. Has the asshole in the White House ever bothered to look at parts of America? This F'er is so

damn disgusting, a brown stain on humanity!!!

[octoberlib]

31. To people in Norway , we're probably a shithole country with our awful social safety net.

[RKP5637]

33. I used to travel a lot internationally, and often America was not seen as a desirable country. n/t

[RKP5637]

32. When Trump and his regime finish, if given the chance, America will definitely be a shit hole

country. Already, many don't even want to vacation in America because of Trump and his despicables.

[geardaddy]

38. So, his immigrant mother and immigrant grandfather

are from shitholes then.

[jalan48]

40. He does this on purpose. He's a troll.