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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:42 PM Dec 2017

Donald Trump just compared legal immigrants on diversity visas to trash

Source: vox.com





Trump’s always distrusted legal immigrants — and he’s trying to turn America against them, too.
By Dara Linddara@vox.com Dec 15, 2017, 1:20pm EST



Donald Trump thinks immigrants are trash, metaphorically speaking.

Not just unauthorized immigrants. Legal immigrants — specifically, those who come to the US on “diversity visas,” after being selected in a lottery for residents of countries that are underrepresented in the US immigration system as a whole.

It’s not surprising that Trump is wrong on the facts — people selected in the visa lottery go through exactly as much screening as any other would-be immigrant to the United States, and the governments of their countries are not deliberately “picking” them to immigrate.

The fact that he spent part of a speech to graduates of the FBI Academy denigrating people who have followed US law is, for better or worse, only slightly more so. Trump’s speeches to law enforcement are often his most unguarded and rip-roaring. They’re the speeches in his official capacity that feel closest to the speeches he delivers at rallies — as if he sees law enforcement officers as part of his base, as close to him as his staunchest supporters.
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Read more: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/15/16780948/trump-diversity-visa-legal-immigration



Why does Trump have to be so stupid--and show the world how stupid he is?? and continue to trash the US almost every time he speaks?? It is just so senseless.




















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Donald Trump just compared legal immigrants on diversity visas to trash (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2017 OP
What a bastard. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #1
What about Melania - she's an immigrant. And we are still waiting for Trump's press iluvtennis Dec 2017 #2
She's not an immigrant--she was purchased fair and square from Slovenia Orrex Dec 2017 #4
So "Melania's papers" is really just a receipt? ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #7
I guess trash does not have papers Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #11
And his own dear mother as well PatSeg Dec 2017 #20
When is that stupid, evil daughter-fucker going to die already? Orrex Dec 2017 #3
+1 SergeStorms Dec 2017 #16
His fucking grandfather was an immigrant (as are 2/3 of his wives!) George II Dec 2017 #5
His mother entered the country illegally. Oh, and his grandfather ran a brothel. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #8
So, it is Bavaria's fault. Doreen Dec 2017 #18
Mueller has a bin with tRump and his cronies' names in it. nt ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #6
Where did trump immigrate from? Hes the worst of the worst of the worst. notdarkyet Dec 2017 #9
His grandfather was from Bavaria, and when he returned they deported him for draft dodging. George II Dec 2017 #12
He's dog whistling Jspur Dec 2017 #10
Ugliest, most repulsive man ever to appear anywhere on this planet. Believe me.n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2017 #13
Fuck off it's just red meat hate for your deplorable voters . They are here legally, you know it lunasun Dec 2017 #14
The son of the Klan man EricMaundry Dec 2017 #15
And the immigrants.... SergeStorms Dec 2017 #17
He's too stupid to know how idiotic he is. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #19

iluvtennis

(19,861 posts)
2. What about Melania - she's an immigrant. And we are still waiting for Trump's press
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:45 PM
Dec 2017

conference (he promised last June at the GOP convention) to show us Melani's papers.

I so DESPISE this evil occupant of the white house.

Orrex

(63,214 posts)
4. She's not an immigrant--she was purchased fair and square from Slovenia
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:47 PM
Dec 2017

Assuming the appropriate import tariffs were paid, it's all good.

PatSeg

(47,492 posts)
20. And his own dear mother as well
Sat Dec 16, 2017, 09:38 AM
Dec 2017

She was an immigrant as well. I guess his wife and his mother were the right skin color, Trump's idea of "vetting", yet another obvious dog whistle.

Orrex

(63,214 posts)
3. When is that stupid, evil daughter-fucker going to die already?
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:46 PM
Dec 2017

Not through violence, of course, because I do not advocate the commission of crime, but is it too much to ask that he have a massive cerebral hemorrhage or a fatal cardiac event on live television?

Hell, it doesn't even need to be fatal. I'd be happy with a major stroke that drops him into a vegetative state for the remainder of his life.

George II

(67,782 posts)
5. His fucking grandfather was an immigrant (as are 2/3 of his wives!)
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:57 PM
Dec 2017

He came to the US from Bavaria, and then wanted to return there to live out his life. Bavaria DEPORTED him back to the United States because he was a draft dodger. His grandfather's home country didn't even want him!

Sometimes I suspect that has something to do with his utter disgust with immigrants (although he has no qualms about screwing them)

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)
9. Where did trump immigrate from? Hes the worst of the worst of the worst.
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 10:14 PM
Dec 2017

At least three generations of worse. He and his offspring don’t seem to have gotten very good genes in DNA process.

And if he really feels this way, he and jr should give up their hb visa workers that pick their grapes and are house keepers keeping Mira largo running. They don’t deserve them, and they think these workers are trash. Trump is the trashiest of all trash.

Jspur

(578 posts)
10. He's dog whistling
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 10:15 PM
Dec 2017

to his base. Trump is a troll you guys are better off paying him no mind when he's says his crazy shit. There is only two ways to beat troll. One is to ignore him and the other one is rub salt in the wounds when the troll is losing. Unfortunately we can't do the latter until possibly 2020. For now do yourself a favor and ignore this troll just for the sake of your mental health and well being.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
17. And the immigrants....
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 10:54 PM
Dec 2017

he has working at Mar-ma-lado? I guess he picks them himself from the cream of the immigrant crop?

I'm completely out of original ways to express how much I hate that loathsome germ.

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